From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lukas Laukamp 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 Message-ID: <507BAA90.7080002@laukamp.me> References: <5077BE30.5010209@laukamp.me> <20121012084221.GC14822@stefanha-thinkpad.redhat.com> <5077DB9F.6050809@laukamp.me> <5077E03E.2040507@laukamp.me> <5077EDEB.6050703@laukamp.me> <5077F600.7080809@laukamp.me> <50785DEE.6060204@laukamp.me> <50786EEC.2030507@laukamp.me> <5078841A.6040706@laukamp.me> <50794242.3020407@laukamp.me> <5079EA5C.8040600@laukamp.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi , kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Javier Guerra Giraldez Return-path: Received: from mailer0.lippux.de ([5.9.218.245]:43030 "EHLO mailer0.lippux.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751993Ab2JOGSA (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:18:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am 15.10.2012 05:06, schrieb Javier Guerra Giraldez: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Lukas Laukamp 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