[virt-tools-list] The best strategies for backing up virtual machines

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:08:49PM -0500, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There are quite a number of webpages discussing backup and snapshots.
> But I'm not sure what the currently best practice is.

Just treat your virtual machines like networked machines.  Install a
backup client, and use Puppet/etc for installation and configuration
management.

Rich.

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