I also Snapshot Cold. Since I have many replicas; it's really no big deal in shutting down an IPA server for a few seconds to get a quiescent snapshot
Thank you, Christian Hernandez 1225 Los Angeles Street Glendale, CA 91204 Phone: 877-782-2737 ext. 4566 Fax: 818-265-3152 christi...@4over.com <mailto:christi...@4over.com> www.4over.com <http://www.4over.com> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Steven Jones <steven.jo...@vuw.ac.nz>wrote: > Hi, > > The problem I had with snapshots is I found if snapshoting hot they got > confused and the users all doubled on some replicas, on others replication > broke...very weird... > > So snapshot cold. > > regards > > Steven Jones > > Technical Specialist - Linux RHCE > > Victoria University, Wellington, NZ > > 0064 4 463 6272 > > ________________________________________ > From: freeipa-users-boun...@redhat.com [freeipa-users-boun...@redhat.com] > on behalf of Dmitri Pal [d...@redhat.com] > Sent: Monday, 4 February 2013 7:01 a.m. > To: freeipa-users@redhat.com > Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] Backup and Restoration of IPA Server > > On 02/03/2013 12:10 PM, Rajnesh Kumar Siwal wrote: > > As the IPA server has been the backbone of any Company, is there any > > recommended approach for Backup/Restore. > > Please suggest the best approach how to backup and rebuilt the server > > from scratch and restore the IPA Server. > > > > For redundancy we recommend running several replicas so that if you > loose one you can easily redeploy. > It you want, you can run one of the replicas in a VM and take snapshots > of the whole system. > > A more fine grained Backup/Restore procedure is on the roadmap for the > next release. > > -- > Thank you, > Dmitri Pal > > Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio > Red Hat Inc. > > > ------------------------------- > Looking to carve out IT costs? > www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freeipa-users mailing list > Freeipa-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freeipa-users mailing list > Freeipa-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users >
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