Re: kvm virtualization, consistent guest backup

[T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:00:26 +0200, Martin Kraus wrote:

> Is there a
> way to make consistent backups of the guest without shutting them down?
> The major problem I see is that there's no way to freeze a filesystem
> inside a guest to make an lvm snapshot from the host.

Have you considered making live backups from inside the guest on to USB 
HDDs since kvm supports them just fine?

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