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Running VirtualBox VM host on ReadyNAS Pro
What is VirtualBox? So, I got bored while laundry was going... and decided to see how well a virtual OS would run on the Pro. My first choice of VM was VirtualBox, just cause I'm familiar with it a...
Allright, here's my backup-script to completly backup a VM on the ready NAS. Im running my business accounting and invoce software on the VM(because it does not run under OSX :cry: ), so backup is paramount to me...
Put the script in the /etc/cron.daily to run the script every day
Also, don't forget the
#!/bin/sh
## Script to compleatly backup a Virtual machine and keep 10 generations
##
## Hibernate Virtual machine
VBoxManage controlvm VIRTUAL-MACHINE-NAME savestate
## Remove backup 10 days old
rm PATH-TO/VIRTUAL-MACHINE-NAME-`date -d '10 days ago' +%Y%m%d`.vdi
## Clone/Backup Virtual machine
VBoxManage clonehd PATH-TO/VIRTUAL-MACHINE-NAME.vdi PATH-TO/VIRTUAL-MACHINE-NAME-`date +%Y%m%d`.vdi
## Start Virtual machine again
VBoxHeadless -startvm VIRTUAL-MACHINE-NAME &
Put the script in the /etc/cron.daily to run the script every day
Also, don't forget the
chmod +x SCRIPT-NAME
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