Hello,
I'm running some xen servers stored on LVM logical volumes.
I plan to try 2 sorts of backups
Backup Method A)
- stop the guest
- backup the partition as a file
FileSet {
Name = "axen1-autinvent"
Include {
Options { sparse=yes }
File = /dev/mapper/vg01-xeng1
}
}
Backup Method B)
- stop the guest
- mount the LV volume somewhere
- backup the mounted directory
I've tried the method A on a 3Gb logical volume. I believed I would
obtain a smaller file (as there's only 500Mb of data on it) for the
backup pool but it became a 3.1 Gb file. Is this something that can be
improved ?
I thought of method B to correct that but what do you think of this
method ? Does it sound realistic ?
Thanks in advance,
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Mikael Kermorgant
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