[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] Fix vzdump backup stop mode description

Emmanuel Kasper e.kasper at proxmox.com
Tue Nov 21 11:41:40 CET 2017


The VM goes to normal operation after the backup is started, not at end of
backup.

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Kasper <e.kasper at proxmox.com>
---
 vzdump.adoc | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc
index 7643ec6..d354732 100644
--- a/vzdump.adoc
+++ b/vzdump.adoc
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ depending on the guest type.
 This mode provides the highest consistency of the backup, at the cost
 of a downtime in the VM operation.  It works by executing an orderly
 shutdown of the VM, and then runs a background Qemu process to backup
-the VM data. After the backup is complete, the Qemu process resumes
-the VM to full operation mode if it was previously running.
+the VM data. After the backup is started, the VM goes to full
+operation mode if it was previously running. +
+By starting the backup background process when the VM is shut down, we
+make sure that no pending writes are contained in the VM page cache when we
+start the backup, thus ensuring consistency of the backup data.
 
 `suspend` mode::
 
-- 
2.11.0





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