VMware is an American software company that provides cloud and virtualization software and services. Most of the posts here will deal with ESXi Server or VMware Server running on Ubuntu linux. These are both robust implementations that can be used for data centers or personal use. They come in both free and paid versions. All of the posts here, will deal with free solutions.
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ESXi 5.x FTP backup scriptDEPRECATED - Due to FTP protocol not being able to support thin provisioned (sparse) files, this method is no longer suggested. You run the risk of filling up your FTP server with vmdk files at the fully allocated size. A suggested replacement is using the "vmcpdir" command along with something like the "NFSbackup.sh" script to avoid the "sparse" file problem. Both are written by me and can be found on this site.
This script performs an FTP backup of all running VM guests on an EXSi 5.x server. It performs a soft shutdown, or a power off, of each running VM guest prior to backup. |
vmcpdirThis command copies the contents of an ESXi 5.x guest folder to a destination without the thin provisioned (sparse) files expanding to their fully allocated size.
ProFTPDProFTPD is a full featured, open-source FTP server. Available on almost any Unix-like system, and has an installable bundle for ESXi.
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