From: Lukas Laukamp <lukas@laukamp.me>
To: Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@guerrag.com>
Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [User Question] How to create a backup of an LVM based maschine without wasting space
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:17:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <507BAA90.7080002@laukamp.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFkDaoSUdfECD3CThRT+Sh_RwQ3UzOGioiQ5fh01ZDw=3Ay2sw@mail.gmail.com>
Am 15.10.2012 05:06, schrieb Javier Guerra Giraldez:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Lukas Laukamp <lukas@laukamp.me> wrote:
>> I have backed up the data within the machine with partimage and fsarchiver.
>> But it would be greate to have a better way than doing this over a live
>> system.
> make no mistake, the absolutely best way is from within the VM. It's
> the most consistent, safe and efficient method.
>
> Doing it "from the outside" is attractive, but it's a hack, and in
> some cases you have to jump through several hoops to make it safe.
>
>
Because of the fact that this is a "problem" I bootet the VM with a live
cd and made a backup of the important filesystems with the live system
which runs inside the VM.
Best Regards
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-15 6:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-12 6:52 [User Question] How to create a backup of an LVM based maschine without wasting space Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 8:42 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
[not found] ` <5077DB9F.6050809@laukamp.me>
2012-10-12 9:17 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 10:11 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-10-12 10:16 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 10:47 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-10-12 10:50 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 11:36 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-10-12 11:51 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 12:59 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-10-12 13:02 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 14:25 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-10-12 14:36 ` Javier Guerra Giraldez
2012-10-12 15:51 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 19:18 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-10-12 18:14 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 19:13 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-10-12 19:26 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 20:43 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-10-12 20:56 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-12 21:53 ` Javier Guerra Giraldez
2012-10-13 10:28 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-13 22:25 ` Lukas Laukamp
2012-10-15 3:06 ` Javier Guerra Giraldez
2012-10-15 6:17 ` Lukas Laukamp [this message]
2012-10-18 12:57 ` Avi Kivity
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