[virt-tools-list] Would this suffice to backup a local vm image?

Justin Clift jclift at redhat.com
Wed Feb 2 05:48:36 UTC 2011


On 02/02/2011, at 1:46 AM, Kenneth Armstrong wrote:
> I finally have a non-rhev related question.
> 
> Would this suffice to back up a virtual machine to external media,
> that could be later imported into virt-manager to run on another
> system?
> 
> run:
> virt-clone (back up the disk image to external media)
> virsh dumpxml vm > /backup/media/vm.xml

In theory, not seeing any real problem with that.  Like everything though,
test it before you rely on it. :)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift




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