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[ILUG] Xen vm export/import question

[ILUG] Xen vm export/import question

Niall O Broin niall at linux.ie
Mon Feb 11 00:59:08 GMT 2008


On 10 Feb 2008, at 23:50, Conor Wynne wrote:

> This is probably a really simple question, but I cannot quite  
> figure it out.
>
> I have created several para-viirtualised vm's and would like to  
> back them up
> now that they are all lovely and configured.
>
> Now if I my machine dies, or I re-install it on a whim, how would I  
> go about
> importing the vm's back into a freshly installed box?
>
>
> Do I just backup /etc/xen or something? Or just the node config files?

Keep the whole of /etc/xen, and of course the disk contents. That  
should see you right.


Niall




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