[SOLVED] entire backup

yangyiin · 01-09-2021, 07:36 AM

hi,
i have VM and inside this VM there are nfs share mounted directories from nfs server.
if i like to backup everything in this VM then doing the backup of the image from /var/lib/libvirt/images/*.qcow2 is not enough.We must perform the backup of nfs shared directory from nf server as well.correct?

berndbausch · 01-09-2021, 09:25 AM

You can backup the content of an NFS share on the NFS server or the client, or perhaps it makes sense to do both. Whatever suits your situation best.

yangyiin · 01-13-2021, 10:30 AM

if i take a snapshot to VM then this snapshot contains the content of nfs shared mounted in VM as well?
it means is not necessary to backup the nfs shared besides VM.

berndbausch · 01-13-2021, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by yangyiin

if i take a snapshot to VM then this snapshot contains the content of nfs shared mounted in VM as well?

Snapshot are taken from qcow2 disks. Thus the answer is no.