David Demlow ddemlow
cabal95
/ vm-backup.sh
Created
July 25, 2015 17:53
I use this script to backup my QEMU/KVM/libVirt virtual machines. The script requires KVM 2.1+ since it uses the live blockcommit mode. This means the data in the snapshot disk is rolled back into the original instead of the other way around. Script does NOT handle spaces in paths.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # | |
| BACKUPDEST="$1" | |
| DOMAIN="$2" | |
| MAXBACKUPS="$3" | |
| if [ -z "$BACKUPDEST" -o -z "$DOMAIN" ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: ./vm-backup <backup-folder> <domain> [max-backups]" | |
| exit 1 |