There is good article on the problems with different backup strategies
for a Xen file system here -
http://ubuntumagnet.com/2007/12/thoughts-xen-filesystem-configuration-regard-backups
/KB
Niall O Broin wrote:
> 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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