[Cialug] VMs & Replication

[L. V. Lammert]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011, Paul Gray wrote:

> Never do snapshots with VirtualBox as a type of backup - the disks
> aggregate and next thing you know you have 5 or more disk images that
> all need to be kept around to maintain the current image.  Trying to
> merge snapshots can take more than a day, too...
>
I was told that the new version allows snapshots to be consolidated, .. ??

> Stick to snapshots for "this better work or else I'm reverting"
> situations, and stick to Amanda or something else specifically tailored
> for reliable backups.
>
This would not be a backup application, .. rather each VM would
continuously update the remote copy in some manor - with the new version
of VBox, it seemed designed for that sort of application.

	TFTR!

	Lee