[PVE-User] Questions about backup strategy

[Sten Aus]

Hi

No point changing rsync to pve backup in my oppinion if you are backing up data only. Only if you are using Windows or you want to backup VM conf. Then i would suggest ticking "no backup" flag on hdd and you're good. Or you could back up whole etc/pve directory.

Good thing is though you can restore directly to new VM and you can do it in quite few steps.

> On 03.05.2015, at 11:36, Julien Groselle <julien.groselle at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have never backuped any VM.
> I consider every VM as a server, so I backup the data inside (rsync based backup) and not the envelop.
> 
> If someone can tell me what is the advantage to backup the VM, maybe I will change my mind :-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 2015-05-02 11:34 GMT+02:00 Dietmar Maurer <dietmar at proxmox.com>:
>> 
>> > it is better that all virtual machines shut down and then start vzdump
>> > or is irrelevant to the speed of the backup?
>> 
>> I guess there is not much difference. But backup can slow down if there are
>> many writes inside the VM.
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