Cron file to backup RHV-M database

rhvm-backup.sh

# file: /etc/cron.daily/rhvm-backup.sh
# author: jcall
# purpose: backup RHV-M database daily
# pre-requisites: "yum -y install tmpwatch"

#!/bin/bash

BACKUP_DIR="/var/rhvm-backups"
BACKUP_FILE="${BACKUP_DIR}/rhv-engine-backup-$(date +"%F_%T")"
BACKUP_DAYS=7d

mkdir ${BACKUP_DIR}

/usr/bin/engine-backup --scope=all --mode=backup \
  --log="${BACKUP_FILE}.log" \
  --file="${BACKUP_FILE}.tar.bz2"

if $(type -p tmpwatch 2>&1 > /dev/null); then
  echo "Removing old backups..."
  tmpwatch --verbose --mtime ${BACKUP_DAYS} ${BACKUP_DIR}
else
  echo "Unable to remove old backups.  \"tmpwatch\" not installed"
fi

Put this file on your RHV-M server in /etc/cron.daily and make it executable like this:

$ curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/johnsimcall/09c8c32c9a288d21780326df35db6cb8/raw/601bc965b18be5a7bd7ba61146de39b5e5a41bd3/rhvm-backup.sh | sudo tee /etc/cron.daily/rhvm-backup.sh
$ sudo chmod a+x /etc/cron.daily/rhvm-backup.sh