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Re: [Xen-users] Block level domU backup
> > Yeah, pausing a domain does nothing to its disks from the domU's OS's
> > point of view. A pause freezes everything in memory, but commits nothing
> > that's in domU's filesystem buffers and whatnot to disk -- the whole
> > point is to not disrupt the OS. If you block-level back up a paused
> > domain, the restored filesystem will be corrupted. Given your existing
> > backup from within the domU, I don't believe you're gaining anything
> > here.
>
> the point of pausing the DomU is to get hold of a snapshot of memory
> state, as well as the block device(s). when restoring, the DomU would
> return to the 'same' moment it was when paused. both the disk and CPU
> would get back in time.
...And? ...If his backup of domU happens while paused, he's still got an
incomplete filesystem.
Why not sent a `kill -STOP` to your mysqld, back up its files, restore the
files somewhere else, and try to bring up mysql cleanly? This is essentially
what you're doing with a domU pause.
John
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John Madden
Sr. UNIX Systems Engineer
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
jmadden@xxxxxxxxxxx
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