vzdump and network shares

[DaveQB]

[SOLVED] vzdump and network shares

Hi,

I was wondering the impact of networks shares on vzdump.

1. If a VE has a n NFS share mouted, does a vzdump try and backup the network shares data too?
2. If you bind mount into a VE using the HN, does vzdump try and backup all the data in that mount too??

Just trying to work my best storage sharing and backup system.

Thanks.

 

[DaveQB]

Hmmm ok maybe no one knows. I think I might set up a test VE, one for NFS mount and one for a bind mount, see what happens....

 

[dietmar]

1. If a VE has a n NFS share mouted, does a vzdump try and backup the network shares data too?

no

2. If you bind mount into a VE using the HN, does vzdump try and backup all the data in that mount too??

no

 

[DaveQB]

I ran some testing last night and found this:

1. If you have an NFS share mounted by the container, vzdump fails saying an external process [lockd] is blocking the suspend.

2. If you have a bind mount of any sort, the data in that mount is not backed up by vzdump [YAY!]. I then also found this:
http://wiki.openvz.org/Bind_mounts