You can do ZFS snapshots at any time, whether guests are running or not.
However, as you mentioned, if the disk is active during the snapshot when you have no guarantee about its consistency. alex. On 10/27/08 04:05, Lara Matthews wrote: > Hi All > > I was wondering if you can help me. I want to create a stand alone > server with a single tape drive attached. On this server I would like > to run 1 x Controller/ IO domain and 3 x guest domains. > > All guest domains would be given a separate zfs from one zpool made up > from internal disks. Can I use the IO domain to run zfs snapshot of the > running guests or will the guests need to be shut down and unbound > before the IO domain would be able to access the zfs directories? > > I understand that any snapshot of the root file system of a guest domain > while the guest domain is running could be inconsistent but I am just > wondering if it is possible at all. > > Many thanks > > Lara > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ldoms-discuss mailing list > ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss
