Re: [qubes-users] Backup while VMs are running??
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:51:02PM -0700, Claudio Chinicz wrote: > Hi All, > > I make few backups because I fear doing backups while using my VMs, specially > Windows 10 and Linux Mint HVMs. So, I do it once in a while, when I have have > some free time and can spen not using the computer while it prepares the > backups, after having shut down the VMs. > > All the discussion about updates breaking Qubes makes me wonder I should do > backups more often. > > Is it possible to do backups of HVMs and VMs in general while using them? I'm > afraid I may have an issue when restoring. > > Thanks in advance, > Claudio > If you backup a running qube with Qubes backup, it will backup the state before you started it. May or may not be what you want. You can use file backups to capture anything since qube started. btrfs will let you snapshot running systems. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20190528232916.4jmlhu4le4vl2u5x%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [qubes-users] Backup while VMs are running??
On 5/28/19 2:51 AM, Claudio Chinicz wrote: Hi All, I make few backups because I fear doing backups while using my VMs, specially Windows 10 and Linux Mint HVMs. So, I do it once in a while, when I have have some free time and can spen not using the computer while it prepares the backups, after having shut down the VMs. All the discussion about updates breaking Qubes makes me wonder I should do backups more often. Is it possible to do backups of HVMs and VMs in general while using them? I'm afraid I may have an issue when restoring. If you installed Qubes with the disk/storage defaults, which uses LVM snapshots – or if you manually set it to install with Btrfs – then its safe to backup while VMs are running. The backup will simply use the snapshot from the last time the VM was shut down. OTOH, if you manually changed the Qubes install to use Ext4 filesystem, there might be a problem in that case. The disk usage widget in the system tray will tell you what kind of storage system your Qubes is using; if you used the default LVM it will say "lvm" with the usage stats to the right. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@posteo.net https://github.com/tasket https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/af598aec-0a29-4f3c-65c2-2216bb16e88e%40posteo.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Backup while VMs are running??
Hi All, I make few backups because I fear doing backups while using my VMs, specially Windows 10 and Linux Mint HVMs. So, I do it once in a while, when I have have some free time and can spen not using the computer while it prepares the backups, after having shut down the VMs. All the discussion about updates breaking Qubes makes me wonder I should do backups more often. Is it possible to do backups of HVMs and VMs in general while using them? I'm afraid I may have an issue when restoring. Thanks in advance, Claudio -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/53d9215d-b552-424b-b62c-af8ff0a8312d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
