vzpbackup

Backupscript for for OpenVZ containers using Ploop storage.

The backupscript was initially based on the Image-based backup section of openvz.org/Ploop/Backup

Requirements

• OpenVZ containers using Ploop for storage
• and a few commandline tools (bash, cut, date, expr, rsync, ssh, touch, uuidgen)

BACKUP: vzpbackup.sh

Commandline parameters

--full

Start a new backup set with a fresh full backup. If --keep-count is
higher than 0, the current backup set will be moved to a folder which
is named based on the date the set was created (for ex. 2014.10.08).
It's recommended to do a full backup monthly and a incremental daily.

--all or VEIDs

Tells the script if we want to back up all VEs (--all),
or only specified ones. If --all is set, additional passed VEIDs
are ignored.

--inc or --incremental

Start an incremental backup. Incremental means it creates a new snapshot
for each container and transfers only the changes.

--destination=<backup destination>

Allows to specifiy an rsync-compatible backup destination.
Default is /vz/backup

--keep-count=<keep count>

Allows to specify how many fullbackups including incremental
backups based on them are held on stock
Default is 0

--suspend=<yes|no>

Allows to specify whether a container should be suspended during
snapshot creation or not. If yes is given, the containers memory
is included in the snapshot.
Default is no

--templates=<yes|no>

If set to yes, we'll also backup our templates.
Default is yes

--exclude=<veid,veid,veid>

Allows to exclude certain VEs from being backed up, even if --all is given.
Multiple VEIDs can be specified as comma separated list.

**--verbose(=<yes>)

increase verbosity

RESTORE: vzprestore.sh

--all or VEIDs

Tells the script if we want to restore all backed up VEs (--all),
or only specified ones. If --all is set, additional passed VEIDs
are ignored.

--source=<backup-source>

Allows to specifiy an rsync-compatbile backup source.
Default is /vz/backup

--templates=<yes|no>

If set to yes, we'll also restore our templates.

--list-backups

Prints a list of all available backups and backupsets.

--backup-set=<backupset>

Define from which backupset we're restoring.
Default is the current one

AUTHOR

Philipp 'TamCore' Born <philipp {at} tamcore {dot} eu>

License

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v2