hello Michael,
Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> writes:
> On 14 Feb 2024 09:40 +0100, from fnat...@gmx.net (Felix Natter):
>> Am I right that it is not possible to backup/restore VMs
>> using virt-manager GUI (on Debian12)? ChatGPT suggested this
>> is possible, but confused this with Hyper-V I think ;-)
>
> ChatGPT is _not_ a reliable source of information. Do not treat it as
> a source of truthful statements.
That is why my sentence ended with ";-)".
> If there is a way to back up VMs through virt-manager, I haven't found
> it in my usage. Admittedly, I use ZFS snapshots for when I need to
> roll back a VM disk image, which has happened rarely.
It seems there is none. And zfs is way too complicated for me right now.
>> So my best bet for backup/restore of data+config of a VM is to script
>> libvirt or use an existing bash script [1]? (Can you recommend one?)
>> Or is there a ProxMox vzdump equivalent for Debian?
>
> I haven't looked at the page you link to, but yes, a disk image backup
> of some kind plus a XML dump of the virtual machine ("domain" in
> libvirt/KVM parlace) will allow you to recreate the VM to that point
> in time. You can also clone VMs.
Looks like I write my own script, since I don't need snapshots or
incremental backups or even multiple disks :)
Thank you again.
Cheers and Best Regards,
Felix
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