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.
Best Regards, Strahil Nikolov
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