That doesn't really follow best practice for backups, but in order to get a consistent dataset you should call the snapshot API.
https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#tsdb-admin-apis On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM Doug Meredith <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm running Prometheus on a VM and system backups are accomplished by > doing live backups of the VM. This causes a snapshot of the VM to be done, > and that is then backed up. > > Do I need to shut Prometheus down while the snapshot is done, in order to > ensure consistent backups? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/676143b5-33c2-456c-8f85-35e94ce6a64cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/676143b5-33c2-456c-8f85-35e94ce6a64cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CABbyFmqHMLZK%3DtbQfW2D2UAH1CZNNeTnmvdj071t6P3sfOkfCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
