Re: [Xen-users] Is it possible that save vm without destroy?

[Sebastian Boehm <seb@xxxxxxxx>]

Am 28.06.2006 um 23:21 schrieb Thorolf Godawa:

> Hi,
>
> > And I want save vm1, but I don’t want vm1 destroy. But I command  
> this.
> > [root@localhost xen]# xm save vm1 vm1.save
> > vm1 is destroyed…
> > Is it possible that save vm without destroy?
> what do you want to do with the saved VM later?
I would like to make backups at regular checkpoints without  
interrupting the VM
(currently I save, make backup, restore, but that takes a couple of  
minutes)
> It is worthless because Xen only saves cpu- and memory-status but  
> does NOT make a snapshot of the current filesystem-status.
correct, I totaly forgot the filesystem :-)

/sebastian


> So if the VM is saved but running more time, the filesystem will  
> change and get's out of sync with the saved cpu-/memory-status.
> This can cause a crash, data-corruption ...
> --
>
> Chau y hasta luego,
>
> Thorolf
>
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