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

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Thanks for the feedback Tomasz!


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From: "Tomasz Chmielewski" <mangoo@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:36:06 AM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / 
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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen backups using LVM Snapshots

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.


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org


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