Andrew, If you use the vzdump utility it will take care of backing up the relevant data for you.
Have a look at the following URL. http://wiki.openvz.org/Backup_of_a_running_VE_with_vzdump Best Regards Martin On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Scott Dowdle <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew, > > The private directory is the physical storage locateion. The root directory > is where a container that is running mounts its private directory. If a > container isn't running then the root directory will be empty. > > So, you'd want to backup up the private directory. > > ----- "Andrew Boag" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm running openvz on an ubuntu 8.0.6 server box. Working well and I'm >> >> really enjoying being able to script up new VE's when I need them. >> >> I'm just trying to figure out the contents of /var/lib/vz (where I'm >> storing the VE's) >> >> I see 'private' and 'root' which both look like the file system of the >> >> VE. (they contain the VE ID number, then what looks like the file >> system >> of the VE). >> >> If I wanted to back up the file system of the VE (happy to stop the VE >> >> while the happens), what should I back up??? >> >> Or can someone explain the difference between private and root? >> >> Cheers >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > -- > Scott Dowdle > 704 Church Street > Belgrade, MT 59714 > (406)388-0827 [home] > (406)994-3931 [work] > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
