backup large container

[Erwin123]

is it correct that to backup a container you need twice the space on root partition?
I have a container of 130GB, so I need a root partition of at least 260GB+?

 

[dietmar]

Only in 'suspend' or 'stop' mode. But latest vzdump (1.4 beta) tries to avoid that when dumpdir is on posix like filesystem.

 

[Erwin123]

Okay so in snapshot mode a free spave on root about the same size of the container is enough?

Thanks,
Erwin

 

[dietmar]

Okay so in snapshot mode a free spave on root about the same size of the container is enough?

Snapshot mode does not use additional space on root. Instead it uses 1GB (--snapsize) space on the corresponding volume group (proxmox installer reserves some space automatically).

 

[Erwin123]

Okay thats a relief, thanks!