Re: [Xen-users] Backup running Windows machines - redundancy

[bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Paul,

me again. Imaging the virtual disks takes care of this. You can first perform a 
snapshot for this. In order to get a 100% "safe" state I save the machine 
first, snaphost it, dd it and then restore it again.

For backing up just the files I see two possibilities:

- use a share on the Windows DomU
- snapshot the volume, mount it and rdiff from it.

As for as ACLs preserving is concerned, tools like SetACL 
(http://helgeklein.com/) can export them fpr later restore.

I don't think there are any other ways to backup the files with ACLs included 
that include any sort of copy to Linux file systems.

B.


----- "Paul Piscuc" <paul.piscuc@xxxxxxxxxx> schreef:

> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone been able to backup a Windows machine using rdiff, or other
> 
> tool, that also preserves the meta data and allows restoring the VM?
> 
> On 02/09/2011 01:06 PM, bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > When you backup to a Linux system I don't believe these will be
> preserved, there is no way to.
> >  From Windows to Windows this might be OK though.
> >
> > B.
> >
> >
> > ----- Originele e-mail  -----
> > Van: "Paul Piscuc"<paul.piscuc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Aan: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Verzonden: Woensdag 9 februari 2011 11:09:08 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam /
> Berlijn / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Wenen
> > Onderwerp: Re: [Xen-users] Backup running Windows machines -
> redundancy
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Regarding the backups made to the Windows fs using rdiff ... does
> rdiff
> > preserve Windows ACLs and all those permissions?  What about hidden
> > files, or files with different permissions between incremental
> backups?
> >
> > Sorry for replying so late.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Paul PISCUC
> System Administrator - Appnor MSP S.A.
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