[pve-devel] [PATCH docs v2 3/3] Explain why shut down VMs appear as running when backed up
Emmanuel Kasper
e.kasper at proxmox.com
Tue Nov 21 16:58:10 CET 2017
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Kasper <e.kasper at proxmox.com>
---
vzdump.adoc | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc
index babf407..da8ea19 100644
--- a/vzdump.adoc
+++ b/vzdump.adoc
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-qemu.git;a=blob_plain;f=backup.txt[here].
NOTE: Proxmox VE live backup provides snapshot-like semantics on any
storage type. It does not require that the underlying storage supports
-snapshots.
+snapshots. Also please note that since the backups are done via
+a background Qemu process, a stopped VM will appear as running for a
+short amount of time while the VM disks are being read by Qemu.
+However the VM itself is not booted, only its disk(s) are read.
.Backup modes for Containers:
--
2.11.0
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