I’m a bit chuffed with my scripting efforts in ESXi, so I thought I would share, I hope someone else might find this useful.<\/p>\n
To give a bit of background, I run a VMWare Hypervisor ESXi server, it’s only a free license version single host, so most of the backup software doesn’t work that you can buy. But I have found an awesome script called ghettovcb that utilizes the snapshot and VM console commands to make VM running (and off) backups of my guest VMs. But obviously I want to get this data off the host, this is where ncftp comes in.<\/p>\n
Now I found the code I needed to write to get all my machines backed up and transferred was crazy, and to get these two to work together.<\/p>\n
Writing this, I’ve just thought I should code up all the commands into a single script file, maybe that’ll be next. But the below allows you to state a single VM’s backup folder, or a list with the “-f textfilewithvmsperline” command, which I’ve been able to use the same list from ghettovcb, so I know, if it’s backed up, it’ll be uploaded also.<\/p>\n
Well, shout out if this has helped you.<\/p>\n
#Where are a few things in your file structure #Turn the firewall off, got this permanently set though it's hand to keep it in mind #Check a VM name has been given, and advise if not. #Okay lets get down to business and process this list or single VM \t#Check if a location has been found. #Should be all done, suggesting so... #Turn the Firewall back on I’m a bit chuffed with my scripting efforts in ESXi, so I thought I would share, I hope someone else might find this useful. To give a bit of background, I run a VMWare Hypervisor ESXi server, it’s only a free license version single host, so most of the backup software doesn’t work that you … <\/p>\n#!\/bin\/sh<\/p>\n
\nNCFTP=\"\/vmfs\/volumes\/5TB-RAID5EE\/ncftp\/bin\/ncftpput\"
\nFTPHOST=\"192.168.100.200\"
\nFTPUSER=\"Username\"
\nFTPPASS=\"Password\"
\nFTPPATH=\"Share\/Folder\"
\nBACKUPS=\"\/vmfs\/volumes\/5TB-RAID0\/backups\"
\nSHORTNAMEFORECHO=\"5TB-RAID0\/backups\"
\n#The rest below shouldn't need changing<\/p>\n
\n#esxcli network firewall set --enabled false<\/p>\n
\nif [ \"$1\" == \"\" ]; then
\n\techo \"Please enter the name of the VM you wish to upload...\"
\n\texit 1
\n\telse
\n\t# Check if a -f command has been issued, for a file list upload
\n\tif [ \"$1\" == \"-f\" ]; then
\n\t echo \"Flag issued for VMs file list to upload, load these and process..\"
\n\t\tUPLOAD=`cat $2`
\n\t\t#echo \"$UPLOAD\" && exit 0 #Debugging line to see the list before it is run, this is normally commented out
\n\t else
\n\t echo \"Single named VM listed to upload, processing..\"
\n\t UPLOAD=$1
\n\tfi
\nfi<\/p>\n
\nfor I in $UPLOAD; do
\n\t#Identify the most recent backup files for the listed VM
\n\techo \"You've stated $I, looking up the most recent backup.\"
\n\tLASTBACKUP=`ls -Art $BACKUPS\/$I | tail -n 1`<\/p>\n
\n\tif [ \"$LASTBACKUP\" == \"\" ]; then
\n\t\techo \"Results of the search have failed, please check the listed name and try again.\"
\n\t\telse
\n\t\techo \"The last backup location is $SHORTNAMEFORECHO\/$I\/$LASTBACKUP\"
\n\t\t# Use this location and upload it to Icharus NAS
\n\t\techo \"Beginning upload of folder\"
\n\t\t$NCFTP -u$FTPUSER -p$FTPPASS -E -R $FTPHOST $FTPPATH $BACKUPS\/$I\/$LASTBACKUP
\n\tfi
\ndone<\/p>\n
\necho \"Complete\"<\/p>\n
\n#esxcli network firewall set --enable true<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"