On 13-04-05 07:02 AM, vbox-users wrote: >> From: Stephan von Krawczynski [mailto:sk...@ithnet.com] >> > >>> > >I use zfs (or btrfs) storage, which handles the storage snapshots. If I >>> > >ever >> >need to rollback to a point in time snapshot, the guest machine will boot >> >up, >> >think it's rebooting after an unexpected power loss. >> > >> >That is no real option under linux host. >> >zfs is non-existent. btrfs is like roulette and cannot seriously be used in >> >production. > The OP didn't say you use linux. Switch to openindiana so you can use zfs > until btrfs is more stable. I hear that btrfs is stable now - but I haven't > tried it myself recently. > > Or you could build a new OI machine that shares NFS or iscsi to the linux > guest, so the OI / ZFS machine only handles the storage. > > If you don't use one of these things, the answer to your question, is sorry, > your only option is LVM snapshot.
We are using Vbox+OI and it is working well. We are using iscsi zvols. Make sure you don't use any host caching, pause the VM, take a snapshot, and you will have a consistent image of your data. It takes a second or two to do it and doesn't cause any interruption for active applications. The OI/Illumos/SmartOS/OmniOS is a very, very slick storage+virtualization stack. My only complaint, the crossbow network driver which is available on Solaris, can't be enabled on OI. Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
