Steve Lorimer wrote:
Ok, should be a simple question here: How to backup a KVM host image.
My first plan - failure:
1) Suspend / hibernate (using virsh ... save) image to disk
2) Backup vm disk image & suspend file
3) Backup .xml
4) Restore suspended image
This would accomplish a backup that co
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> Subject: How to do an automated backup?
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> Ok, should be a simple question here: How to back
Steve Lorimer wrote:
> Ok, should be a simple question here: How to backup a KVM host image.
...
> My second plan:
> 1) Use virsh to shutdown the VM
> 2) Backup vm file & xml
> 3) Start vm (regular bootup)
> This takes longer, but can be tolerated in order to get a backup.
> However, this fails
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Steve Lorimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, should be a simple question here: How to backup a KVM host image.
this is far from a simple question.
it appears periodically on the Xen lists. with few exceptions, the
best advice is to use traditional network backu
Ok, should be a simple question here: How to backup a KVM host image.
My first plan - failure:
1) Suspend / hibernate (using virsh ... save) image to disk
2) Backup vm disk image & suspend file
3) Backup .xml
4) Restore suspended image
This would accomplish a backup that could be reactivated ver
