tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044427065375438750.post6414172963030472209..comments2023-12-19T00:12:44.340-08:00Comments on Return Boolean True: Backup a KVM host with CrashPlan and LVM snapshotsJeff Tchanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674769228742309517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044427065375438750.post-44137815928045390562015-06-16T20:49:17.974-07:002015-06-16T20:49:17.974-07:00What if you can't shutdown or pause your guest...What if you can't shutdown or pause your guest?Jeff Tchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674769228742309517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044427065375438750.post-70071191466474854752015-06-15T21:59:11.418-07:002015-06-15T21:59:11.418-07:00You should not leave the snapshot mounted after yo...You should not leave the snapshot mounted after your backup is done. Otherwise you stress your disks a bit more for no benefit (for almost another 24hours your snapshot keeps growing for no reason). <br />It's better to keep every guest in it's own lvm logical disk. <br />You should definitely pause (or shut down) your guests before you keep your snapshot in order to backup consistent/stable data (there's no guarantee that processes that keep complex data open like SQL databases will restart gracefully without data loss/corruption).Nick Demouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375166926345380262noreply@blogger.com