The accepted best practice is to automate the creation of VMs via infra as code and configuration management. Then only backup the necessary data.
This has a large number of advantages. * You don't backup standard system files / binaries, reducing the cost of your backup storage space. * You don't carry forward corruption in system files, requiring bisection of backup snapshots in order to find the corruption. Instead you can simply wipe the system and restore the data. * Your system is more reproducible, as your restore tests fully exercise the creation of the VM from scratch. * Upgrades are easier, you can use your automated provisioning to create a new instance with whatever new software loadout you want. Then restore backups and test. This has been a standard recommendation for at least 10-15 years. On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM Doug Meredith <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Ben. I looked at the link you sent, but if I > understand it correctly, this command creates a TSDB snapshot, probably for > extraction or copy purposes. Some sort of quiesce command is what would > normally be used for the VM backup. I could always shut down Prometheus, > but I'd rather not, if I don't have to. > > Incidentally, how are full VM backups inconsistent with best practices? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/8da91ad6-776d-48c9-ab7f-193893dff909n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/8da91ad6-776d-48c9-ab7f-193893dff909n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CABbyFmop7rXxvbUo12N%3DZLZhdDhENktz08PqeqfB38gM5O8s6Q%40mail.gmail.com.
