Simple ruby script to backup a home directory via rsync and suspend/start VMs before/after

backup_rsync.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

REMOTE_HOST = ""
USER = ""
SOURCE = ""
DESTINATION = "backup/"

vm_list = `vmrun list`.split("\n")
vm_list.shift

puts "[*] Suspending Virtual Machines"
vm_list.each do |vm|
	`vmrun -T ws suspend '#{vm}'`
end

sleep(vm_list.count * 10)

puts "[*] Backing up #{SOURCE}"
system "rsync -e ssh -avz --delete-after #{SOURCE} #{USER}@#{REMOTE_HOST}:#{DESTINATION}"

sleep(vm_list.count * 15)

puts "[*] Starting Virtual Machines"
vm_list.each do |vm|
	`vmrun -T ws start '#{vm}'`
end