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Re: [Xen-users] How to make a copy (backup) of domU

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] How to make a copy (backup) of domU
From: Mike Williams <mike.williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:41:03 +0100
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On Tuesday 29 August 2006 13:28, James Gallagher wrote:
> > I use LVM, and a script running in dom0 I knocked up to create  
> > snapshots of
> > each running domU in turn, then rdiff-backup to send the data off  
> > somewhere
> > else.

> I'd read about problems with LVM snapshots on earlier 2.6 kernels and  
> didn't immediately turn up anything that indicated it had been  
> resolved. Any issues to watch out for or has it all been relatively  
> plain sailing for you?

I'm on 2.6.16.18 and snapshots are still marked experimental. All I do is 
create the snapshot, mount it, run the backup, umount it, and remove the 
snapshot. No problems so far.
This is only for testing Xen though.

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