On 05/05/2014 04:43 AM, Matej wrote: > Hi, > > I am using a NFS server via Cinder for storing volumes of our instances. > Since if I understand correctly, you can't create a snapshot of those > images, what is the proper way to create backup copies? Should I stop the > instance, copy the file and after copying is completed, start the instance > back? Is there any way that wouldn't require stopping the instances?
I think in general you should suspend the instance anyway: e.g. making a snapshot in the middle of a database transaction may leave you with a broken database. -- Dimitri Maziuk Programmer/sysadmin BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu
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