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Re: [Xen-users] Re: 100% safe way to backup domU:

To: "Christopher G. Stach II" <cgs@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Re: 100% safe way to backup domU:
From: Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:09:18 +0100
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"Christopher G. Stach II" <cgs@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Tim Post wrote:
>> My question is this, lets say we have a farm of 20 servers , all running
>> xen, each supporting 50 or so guests. That basically describes one of my
>> Xen farms.
>> 
>> I want to centralize backups, not just where they are deposited but also
>> scheduling them. Or perhaps I want them stored locally on each dom-0,
>> but still want centralized scheduling. How would we accomplish this? It
>> seems a three part, not two part system would be best.
>> 
>> I agree, if we're going to do it lets do it right .. and in the spirit
>> of that I've just thrown another wrench into the gears :P
>> 
>> Best,
>> --Tim
>
> Domains can also have static UUIDs, useful if you are doing the backups
> from dom0.
>
> Why has nobody mentioned block level backups with multiple point-in-time
> backups, something like TimeMark?

We have, lvm snapshots.

MfG
        Goswin

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