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Re: [Xen-users] domU OS backup and restore best practices

To: "mantra UNIX" <unix.mantra@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] domU OS backup and restore best practices
From: "Javier Guerra" <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:53:27 -0500
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:55 AM, mantra UNIX <unix.mantra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What are the best practices for backup and restore of domU for different
> back-end such as file/lvm/raw disk etc. Also, different scenarios for guest
> running on 32bit and 64 bit dom0.

i think it's best to treat DomU's as real machines, and do networked backups.

trying to backup the storage form Dom0 without cooperation from DomU
opens a lot of inconsistency issues. (the filesystem isn't cleanly
unmounted, data files might not be completely written, DBs aren't
flushed, etc)

-- 
Javier

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