well. current version of kvm on centos does not allow live backups without downtime to guest. it's only possible with newer version of kvm and related qemu tools.. so sad.. -- Eero 2015-06-17 19:44 GMT+03:00 Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com>: > On 06/17/2015 03:32 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > >> If host is using LVM for disk partitioning and uses logical volumes for VM >> disks, it is possible to do LVM 'snapshots' and these snapshots can then >> be >> backed up, all without shutting down the VMs. >> > > Note that making an LVM snapshot, alone, will not provide a consistent > image for a backup. If you want to back up a snapshot of a running system, > you should use "virsh snapshot-create" to capture the complete state of the > system. > > > http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/Getting-a-clear-picture-on-KVM-snapshot-basics > > Backups from within the guest will typically be much smaller. I'm working > on a flexible snapshot script that supports multiple storage types. > > https://bitbucket.org/gordonmessmer/dragonsdawn-snapshot > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >