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Re: [Xen-users] Backup domU

To: Kalil Costa - Brasilsite <kalil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Backup domU
From: Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:15:26 +1000
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Hi,

Kalil Costa - Brasilsite wrote:
I'm doing my first xen, running with 3 domU perfect.

I need to know which way to backup domU to restore these to another server if i've problem with this machine.

What I did was create a script that takes each machine in turn.

It shuts down the machine, creates an lvm snapshot and then immediately restarts the machine.

I backup off the snapshot, nice and clean, then destroy the snapshot when finished.

This process makes my DomU unavailable for a very short period of time whilst I get a full and complete, consistent backup of the DomU.

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Kind Regards
AndrewM

Andrew McGlashan
Broadband Solutions now including VoIP


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