[Devel] Status of vzdump

[Dietmar Maurer]

> I'm currently adapting vzdump to my backup requirements, which includes
> some major new features. See also this thread:
> http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=rview&th=7653 .
> 
> I searched the web until my fingers bled, but there does not seem to be
> any kind of active repository nor anyone feeling actually responsible
> as a maintainer. Is this correct?

No, I am the maintainer. The latest source is at:

ftp://pve.proxmox.com/sources/

> My ongoing work is inside a repository on github currently called
> vzbackup in order to avoid confusion with any potential official
> repository. But, if such does not exist, I'd rename it to vzdump and
> would work on version 2 -- and as a matter of fact would maintain it,
> until anyone else volunteered.
> 
> BTW: I manage my node using a bash script, which checks all the bean
> limits with respect to failures and with respect to the recommendations
> given in the Wiki. In case of any errors, it proposes new settings as a
> complete commandline. Is this of interest for publishing, and if so,
> where?

Next development will be the integration of the new proxmox storage model,
which can also handle devices.

- Dietmar