On 5/14/19 2:43 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Strahil Nikolov <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> In such case ,
>> you use the same approach for the VM in whole - lock + snapshot on oVirt +
>> unlock.
>> This way you keep OS + app backup in one place , which has it's own Pluses
>> and
>> Minuses.
> Sure.... But the minus being it requires SIGNIFICANTLY more space.
> I've got over a dozen VMs, all running the same (pretty much) OS.
> If I based up the VM Snaphot there would be 12x space usage for OS
> files that I don't need to backup because I can recreate those from the
> initial repositories. Of course, this is at the expense of more time to
> restore from the backup.
>
> YMMV.
Maybe split it in 2 disks? One OS and one APP/DATA? You can then backup
only one.
I prefer to do this anyway as I then can just redeploy the OS and attach
the second disk to get things back up and running.
Regards, Jorick Astrego
>> Best Regards,
>> Strahil Nikolov
> -derek
Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards,
Jorick Astrego
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