os backup only

[RaNa]

hey guys i need some help with backing up my OS only i have a windows 2003 server i have 2 HD on this system one for os and one for data and i only want to backup the os not the data HD i dont knoe if this can be done but if it can please let me know how think you

 

[RRJ]

-=[edited]=-
didnt understand the question right.

 

[tom]

just use the backup=no flag in your VMID.conf file. see 'man qm' for details, also search the forum, already discussed several times.

 

[RaNa]

i did try searching maybe im trying the wrong word or something but i cant find anything on that im sorry of i didnt make any sense to u RRJ still working on my english

 

[RRJ]

i did try searching maybe im trying the wrong word or something but i cant find anything on that im sorry of i didnt make any sense to u RRJ still working on my english

nono, ur english is fine. i just didnt understand that ur question is related to the kvm functions only and wrote for u a whole manual, how to backup ur windows disk, using samba utils in linux and after tom's answer i just edited my message.

 

[RaNa]

name: server
ide2: none,media=cdrom
bootdisk: ide0
ostype: w2k3
ide0: local:101/vm-101-disk-1.raw
ide1: /dev/sdc
memory: 3000
onboot: 1
sockets: 1
cores: 4
boot: cad
freeze: 0
cpuunits: 10000
acpi: 1
kvm: 1
vlan0: e1000=1AE:A9:A1:A3:94


let me retry by showing the config here is my 2003 server config file i only want to back up the ide0: local:101/vm-101-disk-1.raw is there anyway to do that with the auto backup jobs and the ide1:/dev/sdc i dont want to back this up thank you

 

[RaNa]

hey guys i was just thanking how can i do this and if there was a different way of doing it here what did i mad a new vm and and he config i used the server i wanted to backup ide0: local:101/vm-101-disk-1.raw even tho this vm is local:104 but i changed it to 101 so i can backup my 101 with out the added HDs is this a ok way of doing and if what im saying does not make any sense ill try to retype it to make more sense

 

[dietmar]

Simply add 'backup=no' to the disk:

ide1: /dev/sdc,backup=no

 

[RaNa]

thank you so much

 

[RaNa]

after adding the ide1: /dev/sdc,backup=no backup=no i cant get the vm to boot up

 

[tom]

why did you add backup=no two times?

any error message? just start the VM via console (qm start VMID).

 

[RaNa]

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, root and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

[2745]ERR: 24: Error in Perl code: 500 read timeout

Apache Embperl 2.2.0 [Thu Sep 22 07:45:32 2011]

Error: unable to apply VM settings, command failed: /usr/sbin/qm set 101 --name server --description --cores 4 --ostype w2k3 --memory 3000 --onboot 1 --sockets 1



is there anyway to make my 101.conf read only soon as the backup starts it removes my drive from 101.conf removed "ide1: /dev/sdc,backup=no" and the next time i boot up the drive is miss sense the backup removed he ide1: /dev/sdc,backup=no please help

 

[dietmar]

Please can you post the content of the VM config file again (whole file)

 

[RaNa]

name: server
ide2: none,media=cdrom
bootdisk: ide0
ostype: w2k3
ide0: local:101/vm-101-disk-1.raw
ide1: /dev/sdc,backup=no
ide2: /dev/sdb,backup=no
memory: 3000
onboot: 1
sockets: 1
cores: 4
boot: cad
freeze: 0
cpuunits: 500000
acpi: 1
kvm: 1
vlan0: e1000=1AE:A9:A1:A3:94
lock: backup

 

[RaNa]

im not sure why this makes a different but i changed ide2: /dev/sdb,backup=no to ide3: /dev/sdb,backup=no and its working fine now

 

[tom]

its clear, you cannot use ide2 twice.

you can have

ide0
ide1
ide2
ide3

 

[dietmar]

What output do you get when you start manually on the console:

# qm start <vmid>