Ross Boylan wrote:
Thanks for all the info. I have one follow up.
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 10:07 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
As I install software onto a system I want to preserve its
state--just
the disk state---at various points so I can go back. What is the
best
Ross Boylan wrote:
First, I have a feeling this might be a question I could ask on a qemu
list.
It is.
Is there a way for me to tell which questions should go where?
If the question is equally valid for qemu and qemu-kvm, then qemu-devel
is the correct forum.
Is it OK to ask here?
Thanks for all the info. I have one follow up.
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 10:07 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
As I install software onto a system I want to preserve its
state--just
the disk state---at various points so I can go back. What is the
best
way to do this?
LVM snapshots. Read
Ross Boylan wrote:
Or do you mean I should back each virtual disk with an LVM volume?
Yes, this option is what was meant.
That does seem cleaner; I've just been following the docs and they
use regular files. They say I can't just use a raw partition, but
maybe kvm-img -f qcow2
First, I have a feeling this might be a question I could ask on a qemu
list. Is there a way for me to tell which questions should go where?
Is it OK to ask here?
As I install software onto a system I want to preserve its state--just
the disk state---at various points so I can go back. What is