On Saturday 11 October 2014 10:13:14 Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > 2. Create an external live snapshot: > > $ virsh snapshot-create-as --domain vm1 sn1 \ > --diskspec vda,file=/export/images/sn1.qcow2 \ > --disk-only --atomic --no-metadata > > Note (thanks Eric Blake): Above, if you have QEMU guest agent > installed in your virtual machine, try --quiesce option with > 'snapshot-create-as' to ensure you have a consistent disk state. About the --quiesce option. Do i need to do something inside the vm? The most commonly would probably be a sql server running inside the vm. Do i need to tell the sql server something about the --quiesce option i use? I read this article here which suggests such a procedure. Okay, it's vmware, but... Is that right? http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2013/03/back-up-mysql-on-linux-without-stopping-services-or-dumping-the-database/ thanks and cheers t. _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
