RE: [CentOS] Best way to backup virtual machines from Citrix XenServer.

2010-02-08 Thread Simon Billis
Rudi Ahlers sent a missive on 2010-02-07: >> 2010/2/5 Simon Billis >> Do you have any shared storage that you're using which supports >> snapshots? If you do, then a combination of coalescing the running VM's >> to disk and taking a snap and also using traditional backup methods >> (appli

Re: [CentOS] Best way to backup virtual machines from Citrix XenServer.

2010-02-07 Thread Les Mikesell
Rudi Ahlers wrote: 2010/2/5 Simon Billis mailto:si...@houxou.com>> Do you have any shared storage that you're using which supports snapshots? If you do, then a combination of coalescing the running VM's to disk and taking a snap and also using traditional backup methods (applica

Re: [CentOS] Best way to backup virtual machines from Citrix XenServer.

2010-02-07 Thread Rudi Ahlers
2010/2/5 Simon Billis > Do you have any shared storage that you're using which supports snapshots? > If you do, then a combination of coalescing the running VM's to disk and > taking a snap and also using traditional backup methods (application aware) > to disk/tape for archival and complete fail

Re: [CentOS] Best way to backup virtual machines from Citrix XenServer.

2010-02-05 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
2010/2/5 Rafał Radecki : > I have installed Citrix XenServer. It's Linux-based virtualization software. > Could anyone propose a good way to make backups of virtual machines > (Linux/Windows) in it? Try the XenServer mailing lists or wiki? http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/ http://lists.xensource

RE: [CentOS] Best way to backup virtual machines from Citrix XenServer.

2010-02-05 Thread Simon Billis
Rafał Radecki sent a missive on 2010-02-05: > Hi All. > > I have installed Citrix XenServer. It's Linux-based virtualization > software. Could anyone propose a good way to make backups of virtual > machines (Linux/Windows) in it? > > With regards, > R. > Do you have any shared storage that yo