On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:36:56AM +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote: > what is the best way to create a snapshot of a running vm ? qemu-img or virsh > ? > I#d like to create a snapshot which is copied afterwards by other means, e.g. > by a network based backup software.
Hi Bernd, qemu-img cannot be used on the disk image when the VM is running. Please use virsh, it communicates with the running QEMU process and ensures that the snapshot is crash-consistent. Stefan
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