How do most people backup their VM’s? I
understand that the suggested method right now is to install your backup client
just as you would if you were backing up a physical server. It just feels
like you should be able to snapshot the entire VM instead of worrying about
just the data.
For instance, how difficult it would be to script taking a
VM offline, exporting it and then bringing it back online. To me this
sounds like a good way to backup your VM’s (as long as you can
stand them being offline for some amount of time while they export). If
you could back up this way recovering from a disaster should be fairly
painless. Just reinstall Xensource, hook it back up to the SAN and import the
VM’s…done. What am I missing? Is it the size of the
VM’s that keeps this from being viable?
Thanks for your help;
James
James Alspach
Systems Analyst II
Shasta County Office of
Education
1644 Magnolia
avenue
Redding, California
96003
jalspach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(530) 225-0293
IT Hotline: 225-0279
hotline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
