From 0006064d98bdf6fa186d223fd72d5ebf1ec7ff67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dietmar Maurer Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 06:42:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] vzdump.adoc: use continuations --- vzdump.adoc | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc index 77f4638..67ce1f3 100644 --- a/vzdump.adoc +++ b/vzdump.adoc @@ -43,22 +43,23 @@ location (see option `--tmpdir`). Then the container is suspended and a second rsync copies changed files. After that, the container is started (resumed) again. This results in minimal downtime, but needs additional space to hold the container copy. - ++ When the container is on a local filesystem and the target storage of the backup is an NFS server, you should set `--tmpdir` to reside on a local filesystem too, as this will result in a many fold performance improvement. Use of a local `tmpdir` is also required if you want to backup in `suspend` mode a local container using ACLs to an NFS server. - ++ For QemuServer, this mode will suspend the VM, start -a live backup, and resume the VM. +a live backup, and resume the VM. This does not require a temporary +storage. `snapshot` mode:: For containers, this mode uses the snapshotting facilities of the underlying storage. A snapshot will be made of the container volume, and the snapshot content will be archived in a tar file. - ++ For QemuServer, this mode will do a live backup similar to the `suspend` mode, but without suspending/resuming the VM. -- 2.39.2