On 5/14/19 2:43 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Strahil Nikolov <hunter86_bg@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> In such case ,
>> you use the same approach for the VM in whole - lock + snapshot on oVirt +
>> unlock.
>> This way you keep OS + app backup in one place , which has it's own Pluses and
>> Minuses.
> Sure....  But the minus being it requires SIGNIFICANTLY more space.
> I've got over a dozen VMs, all running the same (pretty much) OS.
> If I based up the VM Snaphot there would be 12x space usage for OS
> files that I don't need to backup because I can recreate those from the
> initial repositories.  Of course, this is at the expense of more time to
> restore from the backup.
>
> YMMV.

Maybe split it in 2 disks? One OS and one APP/DATA? You can then backup
only one.

I prefer to do this anyway as I then can just redeploy the OS and attach
the second disk to get things back up and running.

Regards, Jorick Astrego



>> Best Regards,
>> Strahil Nikolov
> -derek




Met vriendelijke groet, With kind regards,

Jorick Astrego

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