added a vmware(esxi) script to manually clone virtual machines

clone_vm.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# simple script to clone a virtual machine (vmware)
+# to another datastore/folder.
+
+# usage: ./clone_vm.sh <source path> <destination path>
+# source path must be a directory and contain a virtual machine (at least a single .vmdk file)
+# destination path must a directory, preexist and be empty (to avoid overwriting another machine)
+
+echo; echo "**** Simple virtual machine cloning script ****"; echo
+sleep 0.5; echo "Before you continue all snapshots need to be deleted"
+echo "and all virtual disks (.vmdk files) need to be consolidated."; echo
+echo "And please, for your own sake, make sure the VM is powered down!"; echo
+echo "Do you want to continue? [Y]"
+read a
+if [ -z $a ] || [ $a == "Y" ] || [ $a == "y" ]; then
+    if [ $1 ] && [ $2 ]; then
+        if [ -d $1 ]; then
+            if [ -r $1 ]; then
+                if [ -n "$(ls -A $1)" ]; then
+                    source=${1%/}
+                    if [ -d $2 ]; then
+                        if [ -w $2 ]; then
+                            if [ -z "$(ls -A $2)" ]; then
+                                destination=${2%/}
+                                sleep 0.5; echo "INFO: Preflight checks good. Commencing cloning process."
+                                for disk in $(find "$source" -maxdepth 1 -type f | grep ".vmdk" | grep -v "flat.vmdk"); do
+                                    if [ -z "${disk##*delta*}" ]; then
+                                        echo "ERROR: You little rebel did not remove all snapshots. Failsave exit!"; exit 1
+                                    fi
+                                    #try the following to move a specific snapshot
+                                    #find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | grep "000030.vmdk"
+                                    sleep 0.5; echo "INFO: Cloning $disk to $destination"
+                                    vmkfstools -i $disk -d thin $destination/${disk##*/}
+                                    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                                        echo "ERROR: An error occured while cloning $disk to $destination."
+                                    fi
+                                done
+                                for file in $(find "$source" -maxdepth 1 -type f | grep -v ".vmdk"); do
+                                    sleep 0.5; echo "INFO: Copying $file to $destination"
+                                    cp "$file" "$destination"
+                                    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                                        echo "ERROR: An error occured while copying $file to $destination."
+                                    fi
+                                done
+                            else
+                                sleep 0.5; echo "ERROR: Destination path is not empty ($2)."; exit 1
+                            fi
+                        else
+                            sleep 0.5; echo "ERROR: Destination path is not writeable ($2)."; exit 1
+                        fi
+                    else
+                        sleep 0.5; echo "ERROR: Destination path is not a directory ($2)."; exit 1
+                    fi
+                else
+                    sleep 0.5; echo "ERROR: Source path empty ($1)."; exit 1
+                fi
+            else
+                sleep 0.5; echo "ERROR: Source path is not readable ($1)."; exit 1
+            fi
+        else
+            sleep 0.5; echo "ERROR: Source path is not a directory ($1)."; exit 1
+        fi
+    else
+        sleep 0.5; echo "ERROR: Source and destination path must be given."; exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    sleep 0.5; echo "ERROR: Mission aborted by user."
+    exit 2
+fi