VMBK v.3.0 Rev 11

VMBK v.3.0 Rev 11

Backup script for VMWare ESX 3.x:

DOWNLOAD : ESX Backup script: vmbk.pl Version 3.0.0 rev.11 #rev 11 #change polling function during fork #TSM improvement (Thx M. Mastri) #change nfs parameter from soft to intr (thx Liuk) #fix a problem with soft/hard powerop operation (thx M.Pintore) #fix a problem with smbmountpoint parser(thx Liuk) # Adapted Modify by FJaenecke on VMBK rev 8 # Removed non exist dirs in export tar.gz file (Modified by FJaenecke) #Only for design, print message for "Remove Snapshots" one tab removed (Modified by FJaenecke) # Backup no independent disks (Modified by FJaenecke) # Remove Snapshot before copy of config files like .vmx (Modified by FJaenecke) # After my before removing snapshot, don't remove a second time (Modified by FJaenecke) # Use Original VMDK-filename instead of the scsi-notation (Modified by FJaenecke) # VersionNr-Display (Modified by FJaenecke) #: Skipping Disks like RAW LUNS in virtual mode (Modified by FJaenecke) # Use Original VMDK-filename instead of the scsi-notation only if .vmx will be copied (Modified by FJaenecke) # Some Skip-Messages removed (Modified by FJaenecke) # Mail reporting modified (Modified by FJaenecke) # Test Mode Copy config always ok (Modified by FJaenecke) # Mail reporting modified (Modified by FJaenecke) # display end time and total time (Modified by FJaenecke) # Check Snapshot before remove (Modified by FJaenecke) # new snapshot handling (only remove if it was create from vmbk) (Modified by FJaenecke) # Statistics completely reworked and add some notes (Modified by FJaenecke) # VDF Info as file (Modified by FJaenecke) # esxcfg-info as file (Modified by FJaenecke) # Own bug fixed : Use Original VMDK-filename instead of the scsi-notation only if .vmx will be copied (Modified by FJaenecke)# Statistics modified (Modified by FJaenecke) # ourdomain-Handling new (Modified by FJaenecke) # copy logfile (Modified by FJaenecke) #: Own bug fixed 2: Use Original VMDK-filename instead of the scsi-notation only if .vmx will be copied (Modified by FJaenecke)	Download Now
DOWNLOAD : ESX Backup script: vmbk.pl Version 3.0.0 rev.8 #rev 8 #add restore file use vcbRestore to restore the vm #remove snap dump memory (default) #add -r add snap dump memory #change exported name files scsix-y-0-name.vmdk #minor fix	Download Now
DOWNLOAD : ESX Backup script: vmbk.pl Version 3.0.0 rev.6 #now works ftp - tar - gzip and vmkfstools # now the export is forked (workaround for the webservice timeout) # fix a problem with disk list order (thx to Massimo Pintore)	Download Now
DOWNLOAD : ESX Backup script: vmbk.pl Version 3.0.0 rev.3 add Netbackup,Legato,TSM support + ftp backup	Download Now

DOWNLOAD: ESX Backup script: vmbk.pl Version 3.0.0 rev.1

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INSTALLATION NOTE
Find the installer file vmbk3.tar.gz in the directory where you downloaded it and copy it to the /tmp directory or another directory of your choice.
Become root.
su -
Unpack the tar archive.
tar zxf vmbk.tar.gz
Change to the directory where the archive was unpacked.
cd vmbk
Run the installer.
./install.sh

UPGRADE
Follow the installation note new vmbk.pl version overwrite old one (no configuration file will be overwrite)

Note

Remember the firewall ports have to be open also for send e-mail

You need to run the installer only to permit the copy of the MIME::Lite.pm standard Perl module (you can find it on CPAN)

If you don't want use install script , you have to do:

copy Lite.pm to /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/MIME/

if destination directory don't exist create it.

DiskFree.pm is not more used

You find other 2 file vmbk-default.conf and vmbk-cron

vmbk-default.conf is a simple configuration file for vmbk.pl (use -C option)

vmbk-cron is a cron file that allow a scheduled backup , simply change scheduling time (for info how to use crontab) and copy to /etc/crond.

Cron configuration

vi /usr/local/bin/vmbk-cron  #change schedule time
cp /usr/local/bin/vmbk-cron /etc/cron.d/vmbk-cron
chmod 755 /etc/cron.d/vmbk-cron
touch /etc/cron.d/vmbk-cron

Note before to use inside a cron job remember to terminate the vmbk.pl line command with "> /dev/null 2>&1"

vmbk-cron content

1 2 * * * root /usr/local/bin/vmbk.pl -C /usr/local/etc/vmbk-default.conf > /dev/null 2>&1