sh vmware_bkp_cli.sh

Posted 2021-05-07

#!/bin/sh

# Author: Petr Michalec
# Date:   4.10.2007

# Example usage
# -------------
# Mount external hdd to /mnt/test or other
# Backup configuration:
#  tar czvpf /mnt/test/vmbk/backup/VMWARE-bkp-Org-etc-root-home.tar.gz /etc /root /home 
# Backup disks:
#  ./backup_pemi.sh CLB /mnt/test/vmbk/backup
# Restore:
#  cat /mnt/test/backup_dir/clb_disk1.vmdk.gz-* | gunzip > /vmfs/vmhba0:0:0:6/clb_disk1.vmdk

cd '/vmfs/vmhba0:0:0:6'

MASK=$1
DEST=$2

echo -------------------------------------------------
echo I will backup these files to \"$DEST\".
for i in `vmware-cmd -l | grep $MASK` ; do grep vmdk $i | awk -F: '{print $6 }'| sed -e 's/"//g' -e 's/^/ - /' ; done
echo -------------------------------------------------

echo Press ENTER to continue or CTRL+C
read 

echo -e "\n\nInfo:  You can watch your files with cmd 'watch \"ls -lh $DEST/\"' \n\n"
echo "BackupStart: `date`"

for i in `vmware-cmd -l | grep $MASK` ; do grep vmdk $i | awk -F: '{print $6 }'| sed -e 's/"//g'; done > ~/.toBackup
for i in `cat ~/.toBackup|xargs`; do echo -e "Backuping... $i"; cat $i | gzip | split - -b 1900m $DEST/$i.gz- ;done 

echo "BackupEnd: `date`"