I've been backing up virtual hosts on Solaris. There are a couple of ways...
If the virtual, er, lets use the proper vendor terms because they connote specific non-transferable things. In some cases I can backup my non-global zones from the global zone amanda client. This is fine if the whole of the non-global zone file system is visable from the global zone. For those systems where there are file systems within the non-global zone that are not visable from the global zone, for instance, ZFS file systems that are not-mounted by the global zone, then I do run an amanda-client within both the global and the non-global zones. I realize this is essentially what Jon said, but I had accomplished on another platform and wanted to say that "yes, this does work". On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 02:51:24PM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: > Just dipping my toe into virtual machines and > wondering how others are doing backups of them. > > I'm using VirtualBox with a host of Fedora 9. > My guest is WinXP Pro. The objective is to > no longer need to dual-boot this machine. > > The virtual guest does appear on my network as > a separate host and static IP when it is up. > > I can see two ways to backup it up; > > - backup the VBox files (*.vdi and others) on > the host Fedora file system > > - consider the virtual machine a separate host > and amanda client > > How have others dealt with this situation? > Or maybe both forms are used simultaneously? > > jl > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 12027 Creekbend Drive (703) 787-0884 > Reston, VA 20194 (703) 787-0922 (fax) --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information which is, or may be, legally privileged or otherwise protected by law from further disclosure. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, please do not distribute, copy or use it or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.