[DRBD-user] DRBD and KVM for a HA-Cluster ?

Digimer linux at alteeve.com
Thu Jan 13 18:53:34 CET 2011

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On 01/13/2011 12:34 PM, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
>  
> Hi,
> 
> how can i backup a VM which is installed in a plain LV without no fs ?
> No fs - no mount - no backup, right ?
> I'd like to backup the vm's in the host.
> Could a lv snapshot be helpful ?
> 
> 
> Bernd

The LV is, essentially, just like a normal hard drive from the point of
view of the VM. To back it up, in a non-clustered environment, you can
use tradition LVM snapshoting. This occurs below the VM, so it needs not
know anything about it.

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