backup-esxi.sh

esxi_host='root@192.168.1.100'
esxi_key='/home/jenkins/esxi_key'

function exec_on_esxi () {
 ssh -i "${esxi_key}" "${esxi_host}" "$@"
}

function esxi_online_backup () {
 vmid="$1"
 vmname="$2"
 exec_on_esxi df -h
 exec_on_esxi vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create ${vmid} current
 exec_on_esxi rm -fr                                 "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/${vmname}/"
 exec_on_esxi mkdir -p                               "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/${vmname}/"
 exec_on_esxi ls -l  "/vmfs/volumes/ssd/${vmname}/"  "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/${vmname}/"
 exec_on_esxi cp -af "/vmfs/volumes/ssd/${vmname}/*" "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/${vmname}/" || true
 exec_on_esxi ls -l  "/vmfs/volumes/ssd/${vmname}/"  "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/${vmname}/"
 exec_on_esxi vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall ${vmid}
 exec_on_esxi df -h
}

exec_on_esxi vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
esxi_online_backup 1 buildserver
esxi_online_backup 2 testserver