From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris de Vidal Subject: Re: P2V for Windows to KVM? Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:55:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <847766.41317.qm@web38808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <462F627F.3070105@qumranet.com> Reply-To: chris-+A5r7yYOfpK2z7vLlVgmTQ@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <462F627F.3070105-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org --- Avi Kivity wrote: > Chris de Vidal wrote: > > Google couldn't help me find what I want (unless I'm searching wrong). > > > > I would like to set up a disaster recovery box offsite. I would like to have incremental P2V > > snapshots sent every so often to a KVM-based Windows virtual machine. It would be powered off > > most of the time. I would only send incremental snapshots, minimizing bandwidth. In the > event of > > a disaster, I boot up the VM and keep going where the last snapshot left off. > > > > Any KVM-friendly P2V solutions? > > > > I don't know of any incremental P2V solution, but if you can run the > live server on kvm, it would be pretty easy to script lvm to snapshot > every so often, and rsync (or maybe an lvm-aware thing) the images away. > > In general, Xen-friendly P2V should also be kvm-friendly, as the two > hypervisors share the hardware model (qemu). That's great information, thanks!! CD You're a good person? Yeah, right! ;-) Prove it: TenThousandDollarOffer.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/