[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs 2/2] rewrite backup mode explaination for qemu

Dietmar Maurer dietmar at proxmox.com
Mon Sep 5 16:58:19 CEST 2016


> +NOTE: For VMs, this _snapshot_ mode relates to the fact that the backup is
> +performed while the VM is running. This has here nothing to do with file
> systems
> +snapshots and can be operated on any kind of storage.

Not sure if this make things more clear. IMHO VM _snapshot_ backups provides
the same consistency level as a file system snapshot would do. The snapshot 
functionality if just implemented inside the qemu block layer. We also use 
this mode while the VM is stopped (by starting the VM in suspended mode) ...




More information about the pve-devel mailing list