Jarl Friis wrote: >> We run our servers 24/7, so suspending the virtual machines is not an >> option. My solution has been to store the disk images on lvm volumes and >> take a snapshot of the lvm volume, then backup the disk images from the >> snapshot.
I did that for a couple system in the past. It is a nice hack, as long as you understand that your snapshots are dynamic images of a running systems and hence may not be coherent. For example, if your system is running some form of database, you may want to temporarily put the database read-only, commit pending writes and *then* take the LVM snapshot. -- Etienne Goyer Technical Account Manager - Canonical Ltd Ubuntu Certified Instructor ~= Ubuntu: Linux for Human Beings =~ -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
