The way I understand this you have two choices.
- Back up the virtual as if it were a physical server. That is install
backup s/w inside the guest and backup all the important parts
- Backup the virtual disk file. We love this solution as it is fast but
you have to understand that the disk file will be inconsistent if the OS is
running. So far as I know, backing up a snapshot would have the same
issue. We have had a lot of luck with this kind of backup, but it will
depend completely on your setup. Test, Test, test
\\Greg
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:19 AM, jdd <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Sorry to bring back again a used discussion, but I'm confused by what
> Google say.
>
> I have a virtualbox server and I want to back it up. Preferably
> without stopping it and from the host (I know how to backuk any
> ordinary server).
>
> * Is there a VirtualBox internal command to do so? I see several I
> don't fully understand (clone, teleport...) - use from command line
> VirtualManage (to be able to script it).
>
> * if not, is it possible to make a snapshot and backup the snapshot
> files, in the goal to be able to restore the pre-snapshot state pretty
> easily. Given the goal is to replace a corrupted machine by the
> snapshot, the same UUID is better
>
> * any other idea?
>
> thanks
> jdd
>
>
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