I use NFS for having the guests mount separate directories on the host, then I rsync to these from the UMLs. Works for me, and is easily cron:able from inside the UMLs. This was convenient since my host have a directory with shared resources for the UMLs anyway, so NFS was already set up.
If you're working in a safe environment I guess you could also have the host mount the UMLs' roots via NFS and have the host perform the rsync. But I realize that if you're hesitant to install SSH, NFS isn't a much better alternative. :-) // Joel On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Antoine Martin wrote: > How about attaching a disk with mconsole, mount it in the guest, copy > the data, umount, detach disk. done? > > Chris Lightfoot wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 12:14:53PM -0500, Jonas Meyer wrote: >>> Hmm... What is the preferred method of backup for a VM then? As I >>> said, I'd rather not install ssh on every guest if I don't have to. >> >> depends how consistent a backup you need and what level of >> resource usage you can tolerate. e.g. you could pause the >> VM, copy the whole filesystem, and back up the result >> (accepting that you'll modify the copy when mounting it). >> or you could make a snapshot of the block device >> underlying the VMs' filesystems and then back that up >> however you want. etc. >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > User-mode-linux-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
