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| + | Shutdown it | ||
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| + | virsh shutdown kvm101 | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | Now create the backup | ||
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| + | dd if=/dev/vg1/kvm101_img | gzip | dd of=/home/kvm101_backup.gz bs=4096 | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | This archive can be used either for general backup or for cloning, migrating VMs.<br/> | ||
Revision as of 16:25, 26 March 2013
KVM
Creating copy of an existing VM:
Find the VM you want to save.
[root@localhost ~]# lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/vg1/kvm101_img LV Name kvm101_img VG Name vg1 LV UUID ZCfjys-Ut9b-2iKZ-VFen-DG2i-79Hn-dfUnOf LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time , LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 30.00 GiB Current LE 960 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 1024 Block device 253:0
Shutdown it
virsh shutdown kvm101
Now create the backup
dd if=/dev/vg1/kvm101_img | gzip | dd of=/home/kvm101_backup.gz bs=4096
This archive can be used either for general backup or for cloning, migrating VMs.
