On 13-08-06 07:27 AM, Giles Coochey wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm looking at setting up an automated backup schedule for my virtual > systems on a headless Virtualbox server which runs on Centos 6. > > I would have liked to have been able to: > > 1. Take a snapshot of a running VM > 2. Backup the snapshot of that VM in the running state (none of these > files would be modified while I backed them up) > 3. Copy the backup to a remote location > 4. Remove the snapshot > > I've done some searching and seen some discussion: > > 1. Snapshots using vboxmanage might not work if the system is running. > 2. For some reason this process is flawed... > > So perhaps I need to: > > 1. Shutdown the Running VM > 2. Wait until the VM has completed shutdown > 3. Backup the VM > 4. Start the VM > 5. Copy the backup to a remote location > > Has anyone got a nice little script to do either of these? Is there a > nice way to wait until the VM has completed shutdown? > > Perhaps some people has comments or time to discuss why the process of > using snapshots is flawed, and whether snapshots of running vms work > at all...
I would look at this thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/vbox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04668.html At the bottom there is a link to a script to do backups with lvm. There is some other info on this message as well: http://www.mail-archive.com/vbox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04674.html Have a great day! Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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
