Archive for the tag 'backup'

VMware Backup Script 0.8.3 released

Posted by resmo on August 11, 2008 under GNU/Linux, OSS

Changelog

  • added tar-gzip for option -C so tar uses options cvzf and does the taring and gzipping in one step. This will take more time until the VM will be restarted, but uses much less space. Reported by Matteo Costa.
  • fixed problem, so rsync was always used no matter if -R or -D was set or not. Reported by Matteo Costa.
  • fixed typos

Download

See Project Page.

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VMware Backup Script 0.8.0

Posted by resmo on July 29, 2008 under GNU/Linux, OSS

I made some huge changes in my VMware Backup Script. I think it has now every feature I wanted. I love it :)

Download
You usually find the latest script in my download seciton. See also my Project page.

What changed?
The script can now be started by using unix like option p.e.

./vmware-backup.sh -N webserver -F webserver-backup -H www.example.com -C gzip
./vmware-backup.sh -N webserver -R -H www.example.com -v
./vmware-backup.sh -N webserver -D root@backup.example.com:/backups -H www.example.com -v

It can tar and optionally gzip or bzip the content or you can use rsync to local or remote host. There is a verbose mode and the script mails the log, so you can see if the backup failed. See ./vmware-script.sh -h for more info.

Any Suggestions?
If you like adding a feature, don’t hesitate to mail me, you can find my e-mail adress in the source of the script or on the Contact page. Comments are very welcome.

Have fun

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