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Created January 26, 2015 10:02
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Backup a VM
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backup_vm.sh
#!/bin/bash
MACHINE=$1
DESTINATION="/backup/VMs/"
DATE=$(date +"%F")
LONG_DATE=$(date)
cd $HOME
echo xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
date
echo
rm "VirtualBox VMs/$MACHINE/Snapshots"/*.sav
VBoxManage snapshot $MACHINE take $DATE --description "$LONG_DATE" --live
echo "Snapshot OK."
echo "Running rsync..."
rsync -au "VirtualBox VMs/$MACHINE" $DESTINATION
echo
date
echo xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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