Difference between revisions of "Backup script sample"
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<span style="color:#c0c0c0">6</span>echo "completed" | <span style="color:#c0c0c0">6</span>echo "completed" | ||
Strings:<br/> | Strings:<br/> | ||
− | 1 Describes the language | + | 1 Describes the language |
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+ | 2 Shows message "packing files in progress..." on the screen<br/> | ||
3 Packing file ''/root/install.log'' and folder ''/lib'' in archive /home/backup/'''root_lib-19.10-19-06-13.tar'''<br/> | 3 Packing file ''/root/install.log'' and folder ''/lib'' in archive /home/backup/'''root_lib-19.10-19-06-13.tar'''<br/> | ||
4 Packing file of virtual machine ''/dev/vg-virt/kvm110_img'' which is in use without suspending the VM. Archive name format: '''kvm110-19.10-19-06-13.gz''' | 4 Packing file of virtual machine ''/dev/vg-virt/kvm110_img'' which is in use without suspending the VM. Archive name format: '''kvm110-19.10-19-06-13.gz''' | ||
5 Find and delete files older than 6 days in folder ''/home/backup/'' | 5 Find and delete files older than 6 days in folder ''/home/backup/'' | ||
− | 6 Shows message "completed" on the screen | + | 6 Shows message "completed" on the screen |
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So script can be placed in crontab to be scheduled 2 times a week and it will store 2 actual backups and remove older ones. | So script can be placed in crontab to be scheduled 2 times a week and it will store 2 actual backups and remove older ones. | ||
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"[[Category:Linux]]" | "[[Category:Linux]]" |
Revision as of 17:48, 19 June 2013
1#!/bin/bash 2echo "packing files in progress..." 3tar -cf /home/backup/root_lib-$(date +%H.%M-%d-%m-%y).tar /root/install.log /lib 4dd if=/dev/vg-virt/kvm110_img | gzip | dd of=/home/backup/kvm110-$(date +%H:%M-%d-%m-%y).gz bs=4096 5find /home/backup/ -type f -mtime +6 -exec rm {} \; 6echo "completed"
Strings:
1 Describes the language
2 Shows message "packing files in progress..." on the screen
3 Packing file /root/install.log and folder /lib in archive /home/backup/root_lib-19.10-19-06-13.tar
4 Packing file of virtual machine /dev/vg-virt/kvm110_img which is in use without suspending the VM. Archive name format: kvm110-19.10-19-06-13.gz
5 Find and delete files older than 6 days in folder /home/backup/
6 Shows message "completed" on the screen
So script can be placed in crontab to be scheduled 2 times a week and it will store 2 actual backups and remove older ones.
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