On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 11:07:59AM +0200, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > Hello all, > > does anybody have a strategy (which snapshots or the like) to create a > consistent vdi image of a running guest system without interacting with the > guest or offlining it? >
Since you're running on a gnu/linux host, I haven't seen mention of lvm yet. Put your vdi files on an lvm volume, and take lvm snapshots while the guest keeps running via cron for example. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
