Vzdump.conf settings.

[AndyL]

To change the default settings for vzdump, can I just remove the # from the front of the item in vzdump.conf? For example,

#ionice: PRI

to

ionice: 10

?

If this is the way it works, does that add 10 to the default (I think it's 7) or does it set ionice to 10?

 

[tom]

ionice: 10

- is ionice 10, not 7.

but not, ionice works only if you use CFQ (see http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/IO_Scheduler)

 

[AndyL]

Thanks Tom.

Is there a way to reduce the priority of making a backup? I'm not interested in speed really, I'd just like to reduce the impact of making a backup on the whole system.

 

[vcp_ai]

Is there a way to reduce the priority of making a backup?

The bandwidth parameter in vzdump.conf will reduce cpu power. I.E:

bwlimit: 50000

It also works if backups are made using local storage....

Regards