ESXi Backup VMs

2bkp.sh

#!/bin/sh
SOURCE=$1/*
TARGET=$2

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 file in $SOURCE; do                        
  vmx=$(basename $file/*.vmx)
  name=$(grep displayName $file/$vmx | /bin/awk -F\" '{print $(NF-1)}')
  vmxf=$(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 $name"
                        
  vmdir=$(basename $file)
  destpath="$TARGET/$vmdir"
                        
  echo "Source path: $1"
  echo "Destination path: $destpath"
                        
  echo "Creating destination path $destpath"
  /bin/mkdir -p $destpath
                        
  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 "Copying virtual disks:"
  for vmdk in $vmdks;
  do
    echo $vmdk
    /sbin/vmkfstools -d thin -i $file/$vmdk $destpath/$vmdk
  done
                                        
  echo "Completed copying VM $name"
done