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thanks for the input

As I'm considerably unfamiliar with those terms/concepts, I assume I'm using "thick" https://i.gyazo.com/9f0330a25b458e841f5df6b44542d44f.png

I would still want to ISO with centos and ubuntu not just windows. So yes, a windows forum MIGHT help with setting up an ISO for windows but not for Centos or Ubuntu. But to go from one prox node to another, the backup might work, should work. If I decide to go with something like virtualizor...

ok thanks for the feedback i will look into how to do the backup and see if it works towards another node appreciate the replies would still like to make isos to be honest but this is a start.

Yup, I know how to upload but thought that was only for isos So I'm assuming a backup is a full file and not parts, like a folder?

once you create a vm, is the storage space assigned and "used" up from the total disk space? or is the total disk space not consumed until the vm starts fill that space with files?

Ok, thanks. And then you're saying just transfer that 'dump' so i have it locally? Then how do i load it into a new node? i assume to transfer to the new webgui but not sure where because im not sure how it'd show up on the new node

it is all entirely new to me to be honest so one thing isn't necessarily easier at this moment in time i've never personally made a backup of a system before (apart from copying files to my personal external but that isn't the same as an actual backup file) so doing either one properly is open to me

ok, thanks i thought that once you assigned disk space to a vm it used up that space from the total disk but it sounds more like it is assigned but not used until it's ACTUALLY used. is that accurate? So a vm assigned with 10GB of space doesn't take 10GB away from the main node until those 10GB...

There doesn't appear to anything currently available in that directory. The ISO images uploaded are in /var/lib/vz/templates/iso, but that's all. Are you saying to use windows share to share data between two windows machines, two nodes or to transfer data?

I have never heard of or used a cifs before so without google at this moment I have no idea what that is (yet).... Is there a directory for the vzdump? Is that a command or a file reference? Again, thanks for the assistance thus far.

I am not at all familiar with making/transporting backups for vms as of right now... I use winscp for ftp Do I just go to the directory of the vm and copy the entire vm folder to my desktop?

by over provisioned I am assuming you mean there's more disk space technically associated to the vms than there is available on the main disk?

Thank you for that reply. I will look at the concept of slipstreaming. I'm not sure it's what I'm after but I'll check. I'm not looking to revert back necessarily but rather make a whole new cd/dvd/iso image. So, for example, if I use my windows server 2012 iso and create a new vm and install...

Shouldn't be too hard to follow... I made a template from my current original ISO, updated it, need to make a new ISO so i don't need to run the updates and installs again on a new node. So you're saying to create a backup and that automatically makes it an ISO? Or no? Again, I'm new to this so...