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.

--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

RESTORE: vzprestore.sh (coming in the next months)

AUTHOR

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

License

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v2