Backup VMs using OVFTool

vm_bkp.sh

#!/bin/bash

SOURCE=$1/*
TARGET=/Volumes/VMBackup/$2
echo "*** source=$SOURCE"
echo "*** target=$TARGET"
OVFTOOL="/Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/ovftool"

if [ $# != 2 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <SOURCE VM PATH> <DESTINATION PATH>"
    echo "Example: $(basename $0) /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VM1 /vmfs/volumes/datastore2"
    exit
fi

for folder in $SOURCE; do
folder=$folder
#if [ ${#file} < 17] && [ $file != "filerbkps" ]; then
echo "folder=$folder"
folder=$folder
FILES=$folder/*
echo "files=$FILES"
  for file in $FILES; do
    if [[ "$file" == *"vmx" ]]; then
      #file=$(basename $file)
      echo "file = $file"
      #name=$(grep displayName $file | tr -d '"')
      #echo "name=$name"
      # vmxf=$(grep vmxf $file/$vmx | /bin/awk -F\" '{print $(NF-1)}')
      # nvram=$(grep nvram $file/$vmx | /bin/awk -F\" '{print $(NF-1)}')
      # vmdks=$(grep vmdk $file/$vmx | /bin/awk -F\" '{print $(NF-1)}')

      echo "Started copying VM $file"

      filename=$(basename $file .vmx)
      destpath="$TARGET"

      echo "Source path: $file"
      echo "Destination path: $destpath"

      if [ ! -d "$destpath" ]; then
        echo "Creating destination path $destpath"
        /bin/mkdir -p $destpath
      fi

      # echo "Copying configuration files:"
      # echo $vmx
      # /bin/cp $file/$vmx $destpath
      # echo $vmxf
      # /bin/cp $file/$vmxf $destpath
      # echo $nvram
      # /bin/cp $file/$nvram $destpath

      echo "Converting Virtual Machine to ova:"

      echo ovftool "$file" "$destpath/$filename.ova"
      eval $OVFTOOL "$file" "$destpath/$filename.ova"

      echo "Completed copying VM $vmxs"
      echo ""
      echo ""
    fi
  done
#fi
done

thx for your share, but if i wanna backup the vm to remote server, how can i do?