VMBK.pl

VMBK v2.22.2 Rev.6

Backup script for VMWare ESX :

What is vmbk ?
It's a perl script procedure to permit VMWare ESX guest's hot backup.

How it works?
It uses the ESX functions in order to create a REDO LOG Disk ,in order to allow the backup of the disk through VMFSTOOLS command.

Feature
Perl script
Hot Backup (without suspend vm guest)
Schedule Backup
Interactive Backup
NFS support
SMB support
FTP support
Virtual Center support
Backup vmx + cmos file
Create restore interactive command script
Support for undoable and raw disk
Veritas NetBackup direct support

What's New

Installation script
vmbk-cron.sh see note

Fix

# Version 2.22.2
#rev 6
# fix a problem with syslog (thx to Neustifter Jürgen)
#rev 5
# add support for mediapools on legato networker tks to Flier
# add support for 2 disks with same name
#rev 4
# fix a problem with Legato networker configuration file
# fix a problem on configuration script smbmountpoint (thx Marton)
#rev 3
# add support to Tivoli Storage Manager (Special Thanks to olaf loken)
#rev 2
# fix a problem with netbackup options when the log file is not defined
# change as REDO.REDO works now add redo.redo before commit (so it's more speed)
# Fix a problem vith move from temp when file contain name (thx Steini)
# Fix a problem vith free space calculation and check (thx Steini)

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INSTALLATION NOTE
Find the installer file vmbk.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

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.sh

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

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

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

vmbk-cron.sh content

#!/bin/bash
#copy on directory /etc/crond and configure /usr/local/etc/vmbk-default.conf
1 2 * * * root /usr/local/bin/vmbk.pl -C /usr/local/etc/vmbk-default.conf > /dev/null 2>&1