Backup - Raw

[meluvalli]

Quick question...

I have backups setup once a week on my Proxmox server. The images are RAW format. and I have the backups setup for snapshot.

My question is this. I noticed today, that while it's backing up the servers, the servers continue to work... I can still ping them and login to them.

How does the backup process work? What happens if I right a file to the drive while it's backing up? Or what happens if the server gets rebooted while it's backing up?

Thank you!

 

[tom]

See http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Backup_and_Restore

A reboot is no problem. (but a poweroff of the VM will stop the backup process)

 

[dietmar]

What happens if I right a file to the drive while it's backing up?

We take a snapshot at block level.