vzdump with RAM

[st6f9n]

Hello,

sorry if this is a FAQ: Is it possible to include the RAM with the vzdump command when backing up VM snapshots ?

Thanks

Stefan

 

[LnxBil]

Is it possible to include the RAM with the vzdump command when backing up VM snapshots ?

No and you don't backup VM snapshots, you backup the disk and therefore there is no RAM included.

 

[st6f9n]

No and you don't backup VM snapshots, you backup the disk and therefore there is no RAM included.

I guess it's a RBD snapshot, in any case it is a disk snapshot:

man vzdump ... --mode <snapshot | stop | suspend> (default = snapshot) ...

Is there another possibility to get the RAM included, without vzdump ?

 

[LnxBil]

That's nonsense:

man vzdump ... --mode <snapshot | stop | suspend> (default = snapshot) ...

vzdump snapshot is different from a storage snapshot and cannot created manually, but only by running vzdump.

 

[st6f9n]

vzdump snapshot is different from a storage snapshot and cannot created manually, but only by running vzdump.

Sorry, I don't understand this answer.
My question was: Is it possible to include the RAM with the vzdump command when backing up VM snapshots ?

 

[Dunuin]

Sorry, I don't understand this answer.
My question was: Is it possible to include the RAM with the vzdump command when backing up VM snapshots ?

No. And again, you aren't backuping snapshots nor will the backup include any snapshots. When creating backups using the "snapshot-mode" a temporary snapshot will be created, and after the backup deleted, which has nothing to do with your normal snapshots.

 

[LnxBil]

Please also read the documentation about vzdump, in which is is written a bit better than in the --help.