Automating VCB using Script

Recently we migrated the Virtual Machines from FAS 3050 to 3070. All our our data and LUN's are assigned from FAS3050 . So before migrating data from one filer to other filer we took the Virtual Machine Back up using the below script.

1. Save the below script as a VCB.cmd

@echo off

set filename=%1%

set clustername=%2%

FOR /F "delims=|" %%I IN (%filename%) DO start "%%I" vcbs.cmd "%%I" "%clustername%"

2. Save the below script as a vcbs.cmd

@echo off

set vcbExePath=C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Consolidated Backup Framework

set VCaddress=Virtual Center IP address

set ADuser=Login Name to the Virtual Center

set ADpassword=password

set VMname=%~1

set Clustername=%~2

set BackupPath=path for the backup

"%vcbExePath%\vcbMounter" -h %VCaddress% -u %ADuser% -p %ADpassword% -a name:"%VMname%" -r "%BackupPath%%VMname%" -t fullvm -m san

3. Save list of servers on text file eg: serverlist.txt

4.Run the below command on VCB server from Run->cmd.

vcb.cmd serverlist.txt Groupname

Groupname is use simply for grouping backups in one directory