On Sonntag, 12. Mai 2024, 14:30:12 CEST Bernd Lentes wrote: > Hi, > > I just created a XFS Partition to store raw images of qemu domains on it. > I create snapshots of these files with cp --reflink. > Is that the correct way ? > > Now I want to go back to such a snapshot. How do I achieve this ? > Just copy the snapshot over the original ? > I'm following this strategy for several years now, in in case I need to restore from such a "backup", I use cp --reflink when copying the snapshot over the original. Without the --reflink you'd get a completely new copy of your snapshot, and when producing new snapshots they will not have anything in common with your previous snapshots --> more disc space. Alex > Thanks. > > Bernd > > > -- > > Bernd Lentes > SystemAdministrator > Institute of Metabolism and Cell Death > Helmholtz Zentrum München > Building 25 office 122 > Bernd.lentes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > +49 89 3187 1241 > > Helmholtz Zentrum München – Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und > Umwelt (GmbH) Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, > https://www.helmholtz-munich.de Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. > Matthias H. Tschöp, Dr. Michael Frieser | Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: > MinDir’in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling Registergericht: Amtsgericht > München HRB 6466 | USt-IdNr. DE 129521671
