Re: [libvirt-users] Live Snapshot and Rebasing using blockpull

2012-08-20 Thread Andrew Martin
rom: "Eric Blake" To: "Andrew Martin" Cc: libvirt-users@redhat.com Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 9:43:23 AM Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] Live Snapshot and Rebasing using blockpull On 08/17/2012 08:27 AM, Andrew Martin wrote: > > 1. virsh snapshot-create-as to cre

Re: [libvirt-users] Live Snapshot and Rebasing using blockpull

2012-08-17 Thread Eric Blake
On 08/17/2012 08:27 AM, Andrew Martin wrote: > > 1. virsh snapshot-create-as to create the snapshot > 2. cp myvm.qcow2 myvm-backup.qcow2 to copy off the now read-only backing > image file > 3. virsh blockpull to merge the base and snapshot images together into a > single image again Yep. As

[libvirt-users] Live Snapshot and Rebasing using blockpull

2012-08-17 Thread Andrew Martin
Hello, I am looking for a solution for live backups of running KVM hosts. I recently read this article which highlights the following method: http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/first-look-virtual-machine-online-disk-snapshots-coming-fedora-18 1. virsh snapshot-create-as to create the snapsh