Josip DeanovicOn Tuesday 2017-11-21 14:18:56 wrote: > On Tuesday 2017-11-21 10:36:59 Heitor Faria wrote: > > Hello, Bacula Users, > > > > Until now I think the most elegant way of doing this was not > > mentioned. > > > > 1. ClientRunBeforeJob virsh disk snapshot creation. > > 2. Bacula FileSet regular image files backup. > > 3. ClientRunAfterJob blockcommit to resume machine state. > > > > Source: https://gist.github.com/cabal95/e36c06e716d3328b512b > > I'll add one more link that better explains how it works: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Virt_Live_Snapshots > > Pros: > This is nice because the snapshot can be done on the live > machine and the writes will be sent to the external file. > Once the backup of the original VM image file is performed > the snapshot can be (and should be) merged back into the > original VM image file. > > Cons: > Don't know if this feature is stable enough and I wouldn't > put it into production without heavy testing. > I am particularly concerned about the merging the snapshot > back to the original image's blocks. If it fails in the process > of merging blocks that could result in data loss or at least > in the longer downtime while the backed up image is restored.
Another thing that should be taken into consideration. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Features/Virt_Live_Snapshots -- Josip Deanovic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
