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--- backup_vmware [2015/05/05 16:48] – herwarth
+++ backup_vmware [2015/05/05 17:44] (current) – herwarth
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 Download latest files from github:
 [[https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB]]
+Put the files on a datastore. I use datastore backup (/vmfs/volumes/backup), which is an NFS mount.
+I have put the original scripts in /vmfs/volumes/backup/bin. I have create my own cron script to put the backup files in the necessary directories.
+From download machine:
+  scp ghettoVCB-master.zip root@supermicro1.mngt.bh.helux.nl:/vmfs/volumes/backup
+From hypervisor:
+  cd /vmfs/volumes/backup
+  unzip ghettoVCB-master.zip
+  mv ghettoVCB-master bin
+  mkdir log
+  mkdir data
+  mkdir conf
+<code - /vmfs/volumes/backup/cron-ghettoVCB.sh>
+#!/bin/sh
+BACKUPDIR=/vmfs/volumes/backup
+BINDIR=$BACKUPDIR/bin
+CONFDIR=$BACKUPDIR/conf
+LOGDIR=$BACKUPDIR/log
+DATE=$(date +%d-%m-%Y-%H-%M)
+HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
+case $(hostname -d) in
+  mngt.bh.helux.nl) DOMAIN=bh ;;
+  mngt.rtd.helux.nl) DOMAIN=rtd ;;
+  mngt.ams.helux.nl) DOMAIN=ams ;;
+  *) DOMAIN=unknown ;;
+esac
+$BINDIR/ghettoVCB.sh -a -g $CONFDIR/ghettoVCB-$DOMAIN.conf -l $LOGDIR/$HOSTNAME-$DATE.log >/dev/null 2>&1
+exit 0
+</code>
 =====Configure ghettoVCB=====
+I use different configs for each datacenter. I have hypervisors in 3 datacenters.
+<code - /vmfs/volumes/backup/conf/ghettoVCB-ams.conf>
+VM_BACKUP_VOLUME=/vmfs/volumes/backup/data/amsterdam
+DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT=thin
+VM_BACKUP_ROTATION_COUNT=1
+POWER_VM_DOWN_BEFORE_BACKUP=0
+ENABLE_HARD_POWER_OFF=0
+ITER_TO_WAIT_SHUTDOWN=3
+POWER_DOWN_TIMEOUT=5
+ENABLE_COMPRESSION=0
+VM_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY=0
+VM_SNAPSHOT_QUIESCE=0
+ALLOW_VMS_WITH_SNAPSHOTS_TO_BE_BACKEDUP=1
+ENABLE_NON_PERSISTENT_NFS=0
+UNMOUNT_NFS=0
+NFS_SERVER=172.30.0.195
+NFS_VERSION=nfs
+NFS_MOUNT=/nfsshare
+NFS_LOCAL_NAME=nfs_storage_backup
+NFS_VM_BACKUP_DIR=mybackups
+SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT=15
+EMAIL_LOG=0
+EMAIL_SERVER=auroa.primp-industries.com
+EMAIL_SERVER_PORT=25
+EMAIL_DELAY_INTERVAL=1
+EMAIL_TO=auroa@primp-industries.com
+EMAIL_FROM=root@ghettoVCB
+WORKDIR_DEBUG=0
+VM_SHUTDOWN_ORDER=
+VM_STARTUP_ORDER=
+</code>
+<code - /vmfs/volumes/backup/conf/ghettoVCB-bh.conf>
+VM_BACKUP_VOLUME=/vmfs/volumes/backup/data/bergschenhoek
+DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT=thin
+VM_BACKUP_ROTATION_COUNT=1
+POWER_VM_DOWN_BEFORE_BACKUP=0
+ENABLE_HARD_POWER_OFF=0
+ITER_TO_WAIT_SHUTDOWN=3
+POWER_DOWN_TIMEOUT=5
+ENABLE_COMPRESSION=0
+VM_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY=0
+VM_SNAPSHOT_QUIESCE=0
+ALLOW_VMS_WITH_SNAPSHOTS_TO_BE_BACKEDUP=1
+ENABLE_NON_PERSISTENT_NFS=0
+UNMOUNT_NFS=0
+NFS_SERVER=172.30.0.195
+NFS_VERSION=nfs
+NFS_MOUNT=/nfsshare
+NFS_LOCAL_NAME=nfs_storage_backup
+NFS_VM_BACKUP_DIR=mybackups
+SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT=15
+EMAIL_LOG=0
+EMAIL_SERVER=auroa.primp-industries.com
+EMAIL_SERVER_PORT=25
+EMAIL_DELAY_INTERVAL=1
+EMAIL_TO=auroa@primp-industries.com
+EMAIL_FROM=root@ghettoVCB
+WORKDIR_DEBUG=0
+VM_SHUTDOWN_ORDER=
+VM_STARTUP_ORDER=
+</code>
+<code - /vmfs/volumes/backup/conf/ghettoVCB-rtd.conf>
+VM_BACKUP_VOLUME=/vmfs/volumes/backup/data/rotterdam
+DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT=thin
+VM_BACKUP_ROTATION_COUNT=1
+POWER_VM_DOWN_BEFORE_BACKUP=0
+ENABLE_HARD_POWER_OFF=0
+ITER_TO_WAIT_SHUTDOWN=3
+POWER_DOWN_TIMEOUT=5
+ENABLE_COMPRESSION=0
+VM_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY=0
+VM_SNAPSHOT_QUIESCE=0
+ALLOW_VMS_WITH_SNAPSHOTS_TO_BE_BACKEDUP=1
+ENABLE_NON_PERSISTENT_NFS=0
+UNMOUNT_NFS=0
+NFS_SERVER=172.30.0.195
+NFS_VERSION=nfs
+NFS_MOUNT=/nfsshare
+NFS_LOCAL_NAME=nfs_storage_backup
+NFS_VM_BACKUP_DIR=mybackups
+SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT=15
+EMAIL_LOG=0
+EMAIL_SERVER=auroa.primp-industries.com
+EMAIL_SERVER_PORT=25
+EMAIL_DELAY_INTERVAL=1
+EMAIL_TO=auroa@primp-industries.com
+EMAIL_FROM=root@ghettoVCB
+WORKDIR_DEBUG=0
+VM_SHUTDOWN_ORDER=
+VM_STARTUP_ORDER=
+</code>
 =====Configure crontab=====
-Add the following on each ESXi hypervisor
+Add the following on each ESXi hypervisor. The notation of the crontab is as follows:
+  #min hour day mon dow command
+using the following config it means. run on 1:00 on sunday (day 0)
 <code - /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh>
 .
@@ Line 14: / Line 144: @@
 crond
 exit 0
+</code>
+after that run it for 1 time only!
+  /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh
+make it persistent
+  /sbin/auto-backup.sh
+=====Use Bacula to backup the NFS share=====
+We only backup vms backupped with status OK. So I use a script before I run the Bacula job.
+This script is the same NFS share on Linux as a datastore on the hypervisor. In this situation the NFS share is mounted on /mnt/synology/volume1/vmware/backup on the Linux machine we are going to backup using Bacula.
+<code - run-before-bacula.sh>
+#!/bin/bash
+BACKUPDIR=/mnt/synology/volume1/vmware/backup
+STATUSOK=STATUS.ok
+STATUSWARN=STATUS.warn
+TEMPDIR=$BACKUPDIR/temp
+case $1 in
+  bh) DATADIR=$BACKUPDIR/data/bergschenhoek ;;
+  rtd) DATADIR=$BACKUPDIR/data/rotterdam ;;
+  ams) DATADIR=$BACKUPDIR/data/amsterdam ;;
+  *) echo "usage $0 <bh|rtd|ams>"
+     exit 1 ;;
+esac
+rm -rf $TEMPDIR/*
+for fulldir in $(find $DATADIR -name $STATUSOK -exec dirname {} \; -o -name $STATUSWARN -exec dirname {} \; ); do
+  DIR=$(basename $fulldir)
+  VMNAME=$(echo $fulldir | sed  "s|$DATADIR||" | cut -d'/' -f2)
+  if [ ! -d $TEMPDIR/$VMNAME ]; then
+    mkdir $TEMPDIR/$VMNAME
+  fi
+  mv $fulldir $TEMPDIR/$VMNAME
+done
+rm -rf $DATADIR/*
+mv $TEMPDIR/* $DATADIR
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