2. Now, you\u2019ll need to ftp these files to you ESXi host (If you haven\u2019t already enabled ftp access, you can find my guide on how to do it here http:\/\/www.rancidswan.com\/?p=4<\/font><\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n 3. Now, ssh to your ESXi host and edit the ghettoVCB.sh file. There are a number of options at the top of the file, but not many, and they should all be fairly self explanatory. Just for testing you can set the path of the backup location to be somewhere on the ESXi host itself. Later I\u2019ll be writing a guide on how to setup an NFS share on a Windows 2003 server so that these snapshot backups can be pushed directly to a windows machine.<\/p>\n 4. You\u2019ll also need to edit the file I\u2019ve called vmbackup. This file purely contains just the name of the machine you want to backup (note: it\u2019s the machine\u2019s Virtual Machine name, not it\u2019s Computer name you use, the name has to be understandable by the ESXi host)\u00a0 You can have multiple machine names if you wish, with distinct names on each line, but personally I\u2019d recommend just having one name in the file, this will make it easier to automate individual machine backups later on)<\/p>\n 5. OK, now you\u2019ll need to set the permissions on the file ghettoVCB.sh like this:<\/p>\n chmod 777 ghettoVCB.sh<\/p>\n 5. Now, to run the script, you simply need to write:<\/p>\n .\/ghettoVCB.sh vmbackups<\/p>\n The script will now run and either show a progress meter, or show you any error messages you might need to tackle!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Implement the script<\/p>\n After logging in via SSH, we need to download GhettoVCB.sh ~ # cd backup<\/p>\n \/backup # wget http:\/\/dakeung.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/GhettoVCB.sh<\/p>\n Connecting to dakeung.com (174.120.63.119:80) * you upload the file from inside \u201cBrowse Storage\u201d in vSphere Client.<\/p>\n We now need to add the NFS server to the vSphere Client.<\/p>\n add_NFS_storage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Back to SSH :<\/p>\n \/backup # ls \/vmfs\/volumes\/<\/p>\n Locate your NFS mount point, remember the path for your NFS server as you will need it in the next step.<\/p>\n \/backup # vi GhettoVCB.sh<\/p>\n Modify :<\/p>\n # directory that all VM backups should go (e.g. \/vmfs\/volumes\/SAN_LUN1\/mybackupdir)<\/p>\n VM_BACKUP_VOLUME=\/vmfs\/volumes\/BACKUP-STORAGE<\/p>\n To point to your NFS backup mount.<\/p>\n # enable compression with gzip+tar 1=on, 0=off This will compress the images before transferring them, if you want to maintain your files without compression. Change this to =0<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n Now to list the virtual machines to backup:<\/p>\n \/backup # touch vmserver.list<\/p>\n \/backup # vi vmserver.list<\/p>\n Add the names of your virtual machines here.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n \/backup # .\/GhettoVCB.sh vmserver.list<\/p>\n That should start the vm backups.<\/p>\n If you would want to run cronjobs, please check out the following site.<\/p>\n http:\/\/communities.vmware.com\/docs\/DOC-8760<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n
~ # mkdir backup<\/p>\n
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\/backup # chmod +x GhettoVCB.sh<\/p>\nADD NFS SERVER AS DATASTORE<\/h1>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nCONFIGURING GHETTOVCB.SH<\/h1>\n
ENABLE_COMPRESSION=1<\/p>\nRun Backup:<\/h1>\n
Scheduling Backups:<\/h1>\n