vmware_backup.sh

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#!/bin/bash
# Project:      Vmware Backup Script
# Date Started: 2006-11-03
#
#

ROOT_UID=0                              # Only users with $UID 0 have root privileges.
VM_DIR=/disk2/Virtural_Machines/        # Path to virtural machines, this will vary based on you installation.
VM_IMAGE=mail01.theglaserfamily.org     # Name/Directory of the virtural machine image
BU_PATH=/disk2/backups                  # Path to the backup directory
E_NOTROOT=67                            # Non-root exit error.

# Future plan is to automatically generate a list of all images in the $VM_DIR so that the script can be fully
 
# automated to determin all the images that need to be backed up.

# 1. Check the state of the virtural machine.

# needs one parameter (dir of image to back up)
function backup_image()
{
	echo "Getting the state of $1"
	STATE=$(vmware-cmd ${VM_DIR}${1}/${1}.vmx getstate)

	echo "Testing the state of $1"
	if [ "$STATE" = "getstate() = on" ]
	then
		echo "Shutting down $1"
		MESSAGE=$(vmware-cmd ${VM_DIR}${1}/${1}.vmx stop)
		if [ "$MESSAGE" != "stop() = 1" ]
		then
			echo "$1 could not be stopped"
			return 1
		fi
	else
		echo "$1 won't be backed up; it is not running"
		return 1
	fi

	echo "Starting backup of $1"
#	tar cvzf $BU_PATH/$VM_IMAGE-`date +%s`.tar.gz $1/*
	echo "here, we would create a tarball of $1"
	echo "Backup complete, restarting $1"
	vmware-cmd ${VM_DIR}${1}/${1}.vmx start
}

cd $VM_DIR
for dir in *
do
	echo "here we would backup $dir"
	#backup $dir
done