[libvirt-users] Creating external snapshots with logical volumes.

Hi, Quick question regarding external snapshots. Currently, for making backups of my guests, I use external snapshots like this: virsh snapshot-create-as --domain PCVIRTdra --disk-only --atomic --quiesce --no-metadata --diskspec vda,file=/srv/poolVMS/PCVIRTdra-ONDERHOUD If I wanted to use a log

Re: [libvirt-users] block commit failed at 100%

Hi Dominique, I have attempted an abort and commit normally works fine the second time, this is how I normally manually fix my backups but this time around it's showing me flames. On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Dominique Ramaekers < dominique.ramaek...@cometal.be> wrote: > You can abort the

Re: [libvirt-users] block commit failed at 100%

You can abort the commit with ‘virsh blockjob vm /mnt/… --abort’ and retry the commit again. In my experience the second time, the blockjob always completes successfully. I’ve changed completely from using file images to logical volumes. I get the feeling, using external snapshots with file ima

[libvirt-users] block commit failed at 100%

Hi All, I am new to libvirt and would appreciated some assistance with libvirt backups. I am backing up some VM and coming accross and issue where "Block commit" does not completely finish, causing libvirt to write to snapshot: root@xxx:~# virsh blockjob vm /mnt/diskimage-backups/vm.snap-201606