If you're using LVM, cant you use snapshots to do 'live' backups? (You dont have to take the guest offline)
Here's how: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html Note that I havent actually tried this myself, so I could be mistaken. Greetings, Ger Apeldoorn. Op donderdag 11 januari 2007 14:45, schreef Mikael Kermorgant: > Hello, > > I'm running some xen servers stored on LVM logical volumes. > > I plan to try 2 sorts of backups > > Backup Method A) > - stop the guest > - backup the partition as a file > > FileSet { > Name = "axen1-autinvent" > Include { > Options { sparse=yes } > File = /dev/mapper/vg01-xeng1 > } > } > > Backup Method B) > - stop the guest > - mount the LV volume somewhere > - backup the mounted directory > > I've tried the method A on a 3Gb logical volume. I believed I would > obtain a smaller file (as there's only 500Mb of data on it) for the > backup pool but it became a 3.1 Gb file. Is this something that can be > improved ? > > I thought of method B to correct that but what do you think of this > method ? Does it sound realistic ? > > Thanks in advance, -- ARGOSS: your partner for atmospheric, marine & coastal information P O Box 61 8325ZH Vollenhove The Netherlands tel +31-527-242299 fax +31-527-242016 Web http://www.argoss.nl Confidentiality Notice & Disclaimer The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are intended only for the use of the e-mail addressee(s) shown. If you are not that person, or one of those persons, you are not allowed to take any action based upon it or to copy it, forward, distribute or disclose the contents of it and you should please delete it from your system. ARGOSS Holding BV and its subsidiaries do not accept any liability for any errors or omissions in the context of this e-mail or its attachments which arise as a result of Internet transmission, nor accept liability for statements which are those of the author and not clearly made on behalf of ARGOSS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
