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Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re
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Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request) |
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Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:07:47 +0000 |
Yes! My level of knowledge is that one uses the qcow2 format in order to be
able to create live snapshots/backups. Otherwise one would tend to use the more
efficient raw format. Is this not correct and did I apply the backup mechanism
in the wrong way?
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Von: Paolo Bonzini [mailto:address@hidden
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. November 2014 12:54
An: Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk; qemu-devel
Betreff: Re: AW: "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW:
Bug Repoting Directions Request)
On 19/11/2014 12:48, Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk wrote:
>
> Thank you very much. To execute the backup, I run a script. For the machine
> in question, it looks as follows:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> dt=`date +%y%m%d`
> qemu-img snapshot -c gatewayb72 /kvm02/gatewayb72.img qemu-img convert
> -f qcow2 -O qcow2 /kvm02/gatewayb72.img /backup/gatewayb72$dt.img
> qemu-img snapshot -d gatewayb72 /kvm02/gatewayb72.img /bin/find
> /backup/* -mtime +100 -exec rm {} \;
Is it done while the VM is running?
Paolo
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- [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Paolo Bonzini, 2014/11/19
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Paolo Bonzini, 2014/11/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Eric Blake, 2014/11/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk, 2014/11/19
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