On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 16:28:18 +0200, André Malm wrote: > Hello, > > For some vms the virsh backup-begin sometimes shuts off the vm and returns > "error: operation failed: domain is not running" although it was clearly in > state running (or paused). > > Is the idea that you should guest-fsfreeze-freeze / virsh suspend before > virsh backup-begin? I have tried with both with the same results. Freezing the guest filesystems is a good idea to increase the data consistency of the backup, but is not necessary. Nor it should have any influence on the lifecycle of the VM. > What could be causing the machine to shut off? The VM most likely crashed, or was turned off in a different way. Try running virsh domstate --reason $VMNAME to see what the reason for the current state is.
