Backup Virtual-Hard-Disk - Revision history

Admin: /* Download */

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	'''Download the script'''<br>		'''Download the script'''<br>
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Admin at 18:29, 9 August 2019

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	</Filters>		</Filters>
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			=Download=
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			{\| style="width: 70%;"
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			'''Download the script'''<br>
			[[File:Download.png\|60px\|link=http://coolscript.org/download/hvbackup.zip\|Download]]
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Admin: /* Example */

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Example

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	<CONFIG>		<CONFIG>
	<Setup>		<Setup>
	<VSSPath>e:\$vss$</VSSPath>		<VSSPath>c:\$vss$</VSSPath>
	<VSSCheck>1</VSSCheck>		<VSSCheck>1</VSSCheck>
	<VSSAutomaticCreate>1</VSSAutomaticCreate>		<VSSAutomaticCreate>1</VSSAutomaticCreate>
	<WriteLogfile>1</WriteLogfile>		<WriteLogfile>1</WriteLogfile>
	<LogPath>u:\~~vbskript\vss-vhd\log~~</LogPath>		<LogPath>c:\logs</LogPath>
	<SourcePath>e:\virtual-machines</SourcePath>		<SourcePath>c:\virtual-machines</SourcePath>
	<TargetPath>\\~~mis07\e$~~\Backup\</TargetPath>		<TargetPath>\\myTargetServer\Backup\</TargetPath>
	<MinFreeDiskSpaceGB>50</MinFreeDiskSpaceGB>		<MinFreeDiskSpaceGB>50</MinFreeDiskSpaceGB>
	<DataRetention>3</DataRetention>		<DataRetention>3</DataRetention>

Admin at 18:21, 9 August 2019

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	<Type>include</Type>		<Type>include</Type>
	</Filter>		</Filter>

	<Filter>		<Filter>
	<String>one more disk name</String>		<String>one more disk name</String>

Admin at 18:21, 9 August 2019

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	</Setup>		</Setup>

	<~~Filters~~>		<Filters>
			<Filter>
			<String>vm-anyname</String>
			<Type>include</Type>
			</Filter>

	<Filter>		<Filter>
	<String>~~vm-anyname~~</String>		<String>another disk name</String>
	<Type>include</Type>		<Type>include</Type>
	</Filter>		</Filter>

			<Filter>
			<String>one more disk name</String>
			<Type>include</Type>
			</Filter>

	<Filter>		<Filter>
	<String>~~another~~ disk ~~name~~</String>		<String>exclude this disk</String>
	<Type>~~include~~</Type>		<Type>exclude</Type>
	~~</Filter>~~		</Filter>

	~~<Filter>~~
	~~<String>one more disk name</String~~>
	~~<Type>include</Type>~~
	</Filter>

	<Filter>		<Filter>
	~~<String>exclude this disk</String>~~		<String>exclude another disk name</String>
	~~<Type>exclude</Type>~~		<Type>exclude</Type>
	~~</Filter>~~		</Filter>

	~~<Filter>~~
	<String>exclude another disk name</String>
	<Type>exclude</Type>
	</Filter>

	</Filters>		</Filters>
	</CONFIG>		</CONFIG>

Admin: /* Setup psad2ipt */

2019-08-09T18:20:09Z

Setup psad2ipt

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-==Setup psad2ipt==
+==Setup hvbackup.xml==
-*Edit '''psad2ipt.xml'''
+*Edit '''hvbackup.xml'''
 {| style="border: 1px solid #FFF0C0;"
 |+ '''psad2ipt.xml'''
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Admin at 18:13, 9 August 2019

2019-08-09T18:13:55Z

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	~~VB Script~~ to backup your Hyper-V ~~Virtual Disk~~. ~~<br>~~		Easy and cheap way to backup your running Hyper-V disks. The script is using the [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_Shadow_Copy_Service VSS] technology to allow you to backup your disk even if the VM is in use.<br>
	The script ~~allows you to backup Virtual Disks even when they are in use, we use~~ the [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_Shadow_Copy_Service VSS] technology to do so. <br>		The script is using an individual xml configuration to allow a flexible way of doing backups<br>

			The Chilcat ActiveX component is needed for reading the configuration, please get it [https://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads_ActiveX.asp here]<br>


			* The script has been tested on Windows 10 and Server 2016.<br><br>

			Syntax:
			> cscript hvbackup.vbs
			Note that the default configuration (hvbackup.xml) is getting loaded if no parameter is given
			<br><br>
			Alternative Syntax
			> cscript hvbackup.vbs <optional configuration.xml>




			==Setup psad2ipt==
			*Edit '''psad2ipt.xml'''
			{\| style="border: 1px solid #FFF0C0;"
			\|+ '''psad2ipt.xml'''
			\|-----
			! align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffff99" style="padding:5px;"\| XML Child Element
			! align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffff99" style="padding:5px;"\| XML Attribute
			! align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffff99" style="padding:5px;"\| Value
			\|-----
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			SETUP
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			VSSPath
			\| The VSSPath is a symbolic link to be used and created by the script to copy the data through VSS
			\|-----
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			VSSCheck
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Optional value (0 or 1) to specify if the VSS should be created on startup, it is recommended to do so.<br>
			\|-----
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			VSSAutomaticCreate
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Set to create the create the VSSS, (0 or 1). It is recommended to do so.<br>
			\|-----
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			WriteLogfile
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Switch on log file writing which is recommended. (0 or 1)
			\|-----
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			LogPath
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Specify the directory where the logs should get written to
			\|-----

			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			SourcePath
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Specify the root directory of your VM, please note that the script recursive walks down all paths and tries to find VHDX files.
			\|-----
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			TargetPath
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Specify the target directory where you want to backup your disks.
			\|-----
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			MinFreeDiskSpaceGB
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Check the amount of free disk space on the target befoe we refuse the backup operation.
			\|-----

			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			DataRetention
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Amount of disks which we keep on the target
			\|-----

			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			RemoveVSSOnExit
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Specify (0 or 1) to remove the VSS once the backup operation has been completed, recommend to do so.
			\|-----
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			Filter (Array)
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			String
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Any alphanumeric string to search for disk names
			\|-----
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px: 1px solid #F3F781; "\|
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			Type
			\| align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:5px; border: 1px solid #F3F781;"\|
			The type of filter, this can be '''include''' or '''exclude'''

			\|}

Admin at 18:13, 8 August 2019

2019-08-08T18:13:56Z

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	~~Start~~		VB Script to backup your Hyper-V Virtual Disk. <br>
			The script allows you to backup Virtual Disks even when they are in use, we use the [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_Shadow_Copy_Service VSS] technology to do so. <br>