copy vm to a backup disk

[pattonb]

I have a few vms I don't think I need, however, I want to have a copy , just in case, so how can I copy
vm-124 vm & vm-126 to another attached disk on the pve , before I remove them from gui ?
102 & 175 are being used, thus needed.

lvs
/dev/sdf: open failed: No medium found
/dev/sdg: open failed: No medium found
LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
data pve twi-aotz-- 147.12g 15.71 1.80
root pve -wi-ao---- 57.75g
swap pve -wi-ao---- 8.00g
vm-102-disk-0 pve Vwi-aotz-- 25.00g data 92.46
vm-124-disk-0 vm_s -wi------- 500.00g
vm-126-disk-0 vm_s -wi------- 500.00g
vm-175-disk-0 vm_s -wi------- 500.00g

 

[Dunuin]

Why not use vzdump to create a backup of them and they move the backup files somewhere else?

 

[pattonb]

correct, I hadn't thought it through. backup via the management gui, and then delete the VM's.

thanks