esxi_rsync_backup.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Autor Dario Clavijo 2018
#set -x

DST=/vms/volumes/$1
RSYNC_OPTS="--list-only --exclude-from=/tmp/rsync_exclude"

echo "*-delta.vmdk" > /tmp/rsync_exclude
echo "*.vmsn" >> /tmp/rsync_exclude
echo "*.lck" >> /tmp/rsync_exclude
echo "*.log" >> /tmp/rsync_exclude

# instalamos el binario de rync estatico
wget https://damiendebin.net/files/esxi-static-rsync-3-1-0.tar.gz -O /tmp/esxi-static-rsync.tar.gz 
tar vxf /tmp/esxi-static-rsync.tar.gz
mv /tmp/rsync-static /bin/rsync       

VMS=$(vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | awk '{ if(NR>1) print $1 }')

for VMID in $VMS
do
    echo "VMID: $VMID"
    POWERSTATE=$(vim-cmd vmsvc/get.summary $VMID | grep -e powerState | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed -e 's/[",]//g')
    echo "powerstate: $POWERSTATE"

    if [ "$POWERSTATE" == "poweredOn" ]
    then
        VMPATHNAME=$(vim-cmd vmsvc/get.summary $VMID | grep -e vmPathName)
	    DATASTORE=$(echo $VMPATHNAME | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9]//g')
	    VMPATHDIR=$(echo $VMPATHNAME | awk '{ print $4 }' | sed -e 's/\// /g' | awk '{ print $1 }')
    
	    VMPATH="/vmfs/volumes/$DATASTORE/$VMPATHDIR/"
	    echo "path: $VMPATH"

	    # hacemos el snapshot de la VM con quiesce sin imagen de la RAM    
	    vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create $VMID backup backup 0 1
	    SNAPSHOT_ID=$(vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get $VMID | grep -e "Id" | awk '{  print $4 }')
	    echo $SNAPSHOT_ID
        
	    # se hace el backup backup
	    /bin/rsync $RSYNC_OPTS $VMPATH $DST

	    # se borra el snapshot
	    #vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove $VMID $SNAPSHOT_ID
	    vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall $VMID 
    else
    	/bin/rsync $RSYNC_OPTS $VMPATH $DST
    fi		
done
rm /tmp/rsync_exclude