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List:       openvz-users
Subject:    [Users] Directory structure of VE on host
From:       mwheldon () googlemail ! com (Martin Wheldon)
Date:       2009-03-10 11:55:03
Message-ID: a0b5dc850903100854r89b2daaw6e699f7a38ce1679 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Andrew,

If you use the vzdump utility it will take care of backing up the
relevant data for you.

Have a look at the following URL.

http://wiki.openvz.org/Backup_of_a_running_VE_with_vzdump

Best Regards

Martin

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Scott Dowdle <dowdle@montanalinux.org> wrote:
> Andrew,
> 
> The private directory is the physical storage locateion. ?The root directory is \
> where a container that is running mounts its private directory. ?If a container \
> isn't running then the root directory will be empty. 
> So, you'd want to backup up the private directory.
> 
> ----- "Andrew Boag" <red@red.geek.nz> wrote:
> 
> > I'm running openvz on an ubuntu 8.0.6 server box. Working well and I'm
> > 
> > really enjoying being able to script up new VE's when I need them.
> > 
> > I'm just trying to figure out the contents of /var/lib/vz (where I'm
> > storing the VE's)
> > 
> > I see 'private' and 'root' which both look like the file system of the
> > 
> > VE. (they contain the VE ID number, then what looks like the file
> > system
> > of the VE).
> > 
> > If I wanted to back up the file system of the VE (happy to stop the VE
> > 
> > while the happens), what should I back up???
> > 
> > Or can someone explain the difference between private and root?
> > 
> > Cheers
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> 
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