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Re: [Xen-users] Xen backups using LVM Snapshots

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen backups using LVM Snapshots
From: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:36:06 +0200
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lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb:
Hi all,

I am running Xen 3.2-1 / 2.6.18 on Debian Etch (Dom0).

I setup a Dom0 with several DomUs (Linux).  Each DomU disk is a LV partition.  
I have been seeing a few mails about backups and LVM and just wanted to make 
sure that what I am doing is correct.

Each DomU with a database has a cron that dumps the db with mysqldump.  Later 
on, Dom0 will do an LVM Snapshot of all DomUs and then do a file system backup 
of the Snapshots.  I do no actions on the DomUs.  No shutdown or 'xm 
pause/save/...'

Does this sound about right or am I missing something important?

Sounds reasonable.


Any pointers to 'Xen backup' documentation are welcome! :)

Nothing really Xen-specific here.

Same backup rules apply to normal, non-virtualized machines.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org


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