Editing KVM: Create Live backups (snapshot-create-as, blockcommit)

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2. Take a backup of the '''original disk''': <code>[[cp]]</code> or <code>[[rsync]]</code>
 
2. Take a backup of the '''original disk''': <code>[[cp]]</code> or <code>[[rsync]]</code>
  
3. <code>[[virsh blockcommit]] VM_TO_BACKUP DEVICE_TARGET --active --verbose --pivot</code>
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3. <code>[[virsh blockcommit]] VM_TO_BACKUP DEVICE --active --verbose --pivot</code>
:<code>[[virsh blockcommit]] VM_TO_BACKUP vda --active --verbose --pivot</code> (--wait)
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:<code>[[virsh blockcommit]] VM_TO_BACKUP vda --active --verbose --pivot</code>
  
  
== Related terms ==
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== Related commands ==
* <code>[[virsh domblklist]] VM_NAME --details</code>
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* <code>[[virsh domblklist]] VM_NAME</code>
 
* <code>[[virsh dumpxml]]</code>
 
* <code>[[virsh dumpxml]]</code>
 
* <code>[[virsh vol-list]] POOL_NAME --details</code>
 
* <code>[[virsh vol-list]] POOL_NAME --details</code>
* [[Error: unsupported configuration: external snapshot file for disk vda already exists and is not a block device]]
 
  
 
== Activities ==
 
== Activities ==
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# Review [[bacula]] solution: http://www.bacula.lat/kvm-hot-online-virtual-machines-backup-with-bacula-bpipe/?lang=en
 
# Review [[bacula]] solution: http://www.bacula.lat/kvm-hot-online-virtual-machines-backup-with-bacula-bpipe/?lang=en
 
# Review Veritas [[Netbackup]] support for [[Red Hat Virtualization|RHV]]
 
# Review Veritas [[Netbackup]] support for [[Red Hat Virtualization|RHV]]
# View [[Eric Blacke]] video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQK5ANionpU
 
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

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