On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:50:13 -0700 Geoff Nordli <geo...@gnaa.net> wrote: > I would say that the vbox snapshots are not the path you want to take > for backups. VBox snapshots are great when experimenting with software, > or creating a library using a base images. If you do a VBox snapshot > online, then you also have a .sav file, and you have to wait for the > save/resume to complete before it can come back online. If you can > afford downtime, then I would power off the VM to get a consistent state > of your data. > > Other people may be able to chime in here, but if you looking at using > it for backups, then pausing the machine, and using LVM may be something > that works, because after you take the backup, you delete the lvm > snapshot. You will need to delete the backup though because LVM doesn't > scale well for snapshots. In the past I used LVM and raw disks to do this. > > Geoff
Hm, but your script does suspend/resume the vm, too. I cannot see a big difference to a vm snapshot ... ? -- Regards, Stephan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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