save_snapshot.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash

DATE=`date +%F`
#
# Create Backup Directory
#
DIR_NAME="$DATE""_VM_BACKUP"
mkdir $DIR_NAME
cd /opt/backup/$DIR_NAME

#
# Cleanup all previous snapshots
#
zfs destroy zones/a209c882-99d8-49d0-8e5e-fbebaad8ffd3@vpn-server
zfs destroy zones/a209c882-99d8-49d0-8e5e-fbebaad8ffd3-disk0@vpn-server-disk0
zfs destroy zones/a98ce475-d447-4e49-81b7-2cb266599ebd@dns-server
zfs destroy zones/e8d4bc10-2ebd-4921-803c-db27847d76c2@svn-server

#
# Take snapshots of each of the virtual machines
#
zfs snapshot zones/a209c882-99d8-49d0-8e5e-fbebaad8ffd3@vpn-server
zfs snapshot zones/a209c882-99d8-49d0-8e5e-fbebaad8ffd3-disk0@vpn-server-disk0
zfs snapshot zones/a98ce475-d447-4e49-81b7-2cb266599ebd@dns-server
zfs snapshot zones/e8d4bc10-2ebd-4921-803c-db27847d76c2@svn-server

#
# Now save the snapshots in a file to be backed up
#
zfs send -v zones/a209c882-99d8-49d0-8e5e-fbebaad8ffd3@vpn-server > vpn-server_snapshot_$DATE
zfs send -v zones/a209c882-99d8-49d0-8e5e-fbebaad8ffd3-disk0@vpn-server-disk0 > vpn-server-disk0_snapshot_$DATE
zfs send -v zones/a98ce475-d447-4e49-81b7-2cb266599ebd@dns-server > dns-server_snapshot_$DATE
zfs send -v zones/e8d4bc10-2ebd-4921-803c-db27847d76c2@svn-server > svn-server_snapshot_$DATE

#
# Now save the Virtual machine startup XML files
#
cp /etc/zones/a209c882-99d8-49d0-8e5e-fbebaad8ffd3.xml .
cp /etc/zones/a98ce475-d447-4e49-81b7-2cb266599ebd.xml .
cp /etc/zones/e8d4bc10-2ebd-4921-803c-db27847d76c2.xml .