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Backup a running container over the network with ezvzdump

12 bytes added, 15:50, 28 August 2008

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Slight modification to the ezvzdump script for when no remote host is defined.

e "Commencing remote ${RSYNC} ${LOCAL_DIR}${VEID} ${REMOTE_HOST}:${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}"

${RSYNC} ${LOCAL_DIR}${VEID}/ ${REMOTE_HOST}:${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}/

# Move old $VEID.tar archive to $VEID.tar.backup

e "Checking for existing file ${REMOTE_HOST}:${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar (and moving it to .backup if exists)"

ssh ${REMOTE_HOST} "[ -f ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar ] && mv -f ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar.backup"

# Create a remote tar archive - note you can remove the ampersand from the end if you

# don't want multiple tar processes running on the remote host simultaneously.

e "Making a tar archive on remote host (this process will run in the background on the remote host)."

ssh ${REMOTE_HOST} "tar cf ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar -C ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID} ./ 2>/dev/null " &

fi

~~# Move old $VEID.tar archive to $VEID.tar.backup~~

~~e "Checking for existing file ${REMOTE_HOST}:${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar (and moving it to .backup if exists)"~~

~~ssh ${REMOTE_HOST} "[ -f ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar ] && mv -f ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar.backup"~~

~~# Create a remote tar archive - note you can remove the ampersand from the end if you~~

~~# don't want multiple tar processes running on the remote host simultaneously.~~

~~e "Making a tar archive on remote host (this process will run in the background on the remote host)."~~

~~ssh ${REMOTE_HOST} "tar cf ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID}.tar -C ${REMOTE_DIR}${VEID} ./ 2>/dev/null " &~~

e "Done."

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