This is the README file included into the package.

JABS doesn't need to be installed. It can be placed anywhere and executed on any ESX 3.x host.

You need at least one session configuration file to run it. A good place to put these files (the script and the session configuration files) is a mounted network directory, so you can share them along the whole ESX infrastructure.

Into the session configuration file you can set:

• the name of the session
• the list of the guest to be backed up
• the destination of the exports
• the minimum space required on the destination
• how to manage the old backup (overwrite, keep)
• if we must skip the guest if it already has a snapshot
• if the session is for test purpose only (in this case the backup statement will be written into the log files instead of being executed)
• how to query for guests on the host (powered on, off, all)
• the log files destination
• the log level (0..6)
• host, username and password to connect to (configure the file /etc/vmware/backuptools.conf with VCHOST, USERNAME and PASSWORD that will be used as default values
• the email system configuration

To run the script you need also a username and a password to connect to the host. Username and password stored into /etc/vmware/backuptools.conf will be used if not specified.

You can schedule the script using cron.

30 22 * * 0 root /<path>/jabs -s /<path>/<jabs.session.1> -L 3

30 22 * * 6 root /<path>/jabs -s /<path>/<jabs.session.2> -L 3

To use the eMail feature, you need to copy the given sendEmail perl script into some directory (default /usr/local/bin/) and configure the mail variables for the session into the configuration file.

The sendEmail is a perl script that can be downloaded from:

   http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/