PHASE 1

• Setup NFS
• Setup SSH RSA login
• Setup mailx
• Setup host,username,password in /etc/vmware/backuptools.conf

PHASE 2

Create vcbBack.sh (on masteresx)

#
VMIMBK=/vmimages/vmbk
mount slaveesx:$VMIMBK $VMIMBK
rm -rf $VMIMBK/$1
vcbMounter -a name:$1 -r $VMIMBK/$1
umount $VMIMBK

Create vcbRes.sh (on slaveesx)

#
VMIMBK=/vmimages/vmbk
CATALOG=$VMIMBK/$1/catalog
echo $CATALOG
sed 's/masteresx\.com/slaveesx\.com/' $CATALOG > $CATALOG.rest
vcbRestore -s $VMIMBK/$1 -a $CATALOG.rest -b overwrite

Create vcbCron.sh (on masteresx)

#

/root/vcbBack.sh $1
ssh slaveesx -c "/root/vcbRest.sh $1"

Create cronjob

#
0 * * * * /root/vcbCron.sh myvm1 | smtp=upstream /usr/local/bin/mailx -s "<subject>" <name@domain>

Sit back and enjoy being a SysAdmin