Re: [Xen-users] xen backup

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

namitha p wrote:
> hi
>  
> I am trying to stop the application running in the VM from the host 
> machine.....that means by typing some command in the host machine, 
> (script or using some API's or sending some signal to VM from the 
> host), i want stop application running in the VM.......is there any 
> way to do this.....if anybody know this please help me.......
>  
> I want this because......I want to take VM consistent  backup without 
> stoping it or suspending it....my idea is , if I stop the aplication 
> running in the VM I can do backup consistently (i suppose.), without 
> supending enitire VM
>  
Short answer, you can't.
Long answer, if you use LVM on dom0, you can use LVM snapshot to create 
a "consistent" snapshot of domU's storage, and back it up.
Regards,

Fajar

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