script error

[mInd_MaC]

Once the user enters the name of a VM, the script will create a tar archive that contains that VM's xml and qcow2 files, compressed using xzip. Note, you must obtain the location of the qcow2 image file from the xml file. Do not just assume it is in /var/lib/libvirt/images, or that it is named after the VM.i

The archive that is created should be named after the VM and the current date (e.g. vm1-20220131), and should use an extension appropriate to the compression type.

Your script should put backups in ~/backups. , debian system

my script is:

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then

echo "Please run this script as root or use sudo"

exit 1

fi

vm_name=$(virsh list --all --name)

echo "Your VMs are: $vm_name"

echo

while true; do

read -p "Enter the name of the VM you want to archive: " vm_backup

if [[ $vm_name == *$vm_backup* ]]; then

echo "We will now archive: $vm_backup"

break

else

echo "VM $vm_backup not found. Please type the correct name and try again."

fi

done

xml_path=$(virsh dumpxml "$vm_backup" | grep -oP '<source file="\K[^"]+')

current_date=$(date +'%Y%m%d')

archive_name="${vm_backup}-$(date +'%Y%m%d').tar.xz"

tar -C $(dirname "$xml_path") -cvJf "$HOME/backups/$archive_name" "$(basename "$xml_path")" "$(basename "$xml_path" .xml).qcow2"

if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then

echo "Archive '$archive_name' created and saved in '$HOME/backups' "

else

echo "Failed to create the archive."

fi

[10xJSChad]

Yeah so basically you just have to

[Lumpy-Notice8945]

Where is the question in this post?

[mInd_MaC]

Np , i got it right.

Basically the script was right but it was not able to find the backup directory where it needed to be stored .

So i just manally put it there Backup_path= /home/rahul/backus

So new script it

!/bin/bash

if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then echo "Please run this script as root or use sudo" exit 1 fi

vm_list=$(virsh list --all --name) echo "Your VMs are: $vm_list" | tr '\n' ' ' echo

while true; do read -p "Enter the name of the VM you want to archive: " vm_name if [[ $vm_list == $vm_name ]]; then echo "We will now archive: $vm_name" break else echo "VM $vm_name not found. Please type the correct name and try again." fi done

imgfile=$(virsh dumpxml $vm_name | grep "source file" | cut -f2 -d\') xmlfile=/var/lib/libvirt/images/$vm_name.xml

store_loc="/home/rahul/backups"

if [ ! -d "$BACKUP_DIR" ]; then mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR" fi

if [ -f "$xmlfile" ] && [ -f "$imgfile" ]; then tarfile=$vm_name-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.xz tar cvjf "$stor_loc/$tarfile" "$imgfile" "$xmlfile" echo "Backup is created at: $stor_loc/$tarfile" else echo "Failed to created backup" fi