backup snapshot failed

[Ernie Rojas]

hi folks, i tried to make a backup as snapshot but i have this problem:

INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump --dumpdir /var/lib/vz/backup --snapshot 103
INFO: Starting Backup of VM 103 (qemu)
INFO: running
INFO: status = running
INFO: mode failure - unable to dump into snapshot (use option --dumpdir)
INFO: trying 'suspend' mode instead
INFO: backup mode: suspend
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: suspend vm
INFO: creating archive '/var/lib/vz/backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2010_12_16-14_24_38.tar'
INFO: adding '/var/lib/vz/backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2010_12_16-14_24_38.tmp/qemu-server.conf' to archive ('qemu-server.conf')
INFO: adding '/var/lib/vz/images/103/vm-103-disk-1.vmdk' to archive ('vm-disk-scsi0.vmdk')
^CINFO: resume vm
INFO: vm is online again after 24 seconds

the mode change to suspend, is there way to fix this problem?

 

[michu]

Hi,

I noticed some time ago that this will happen if your backup directory is on the same partition where you have your virtualized systems.

Regards,

 

[tom]

you cannot store the backup in the same LVM volume, this will create a loop. backup to a remote storage like NFS or to some location outside /var/lib/vz.