[Users] vzdump - backup utility to make consistent snapshots

[Kir Kolyshkin]

Looks really great, thanks! Can I put it to 
download.openvz.org/contrib/? I am also interested in putting your template.

 From the quick review (no testing yet) I see the following really nice 
things:
* LVM2 support
* a man page
* the fact that you honour both /etc/vz/vz.conf and /etc/vz/conf/$VEID.conf
* rpm/deb packages

Problems:
* in fact the only problem I see is that the source tarball does not 
contain the top-level directory (usually $NAME-$VERSION/), so if you 
untar it all the files are extracted to the current directory which is 
not good.
* perhaps having a .spec file for rpm will be better than using alien to 
build rpm. I can mock up one if needed.

Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> vzdump is an utility to make consistent snapshots of running OpenVZ VEs. It
> basically creates a tar archive of the VE private area, which also includes
> the VE configuration files.
>
> There are several ways to provide consistency:
>
> stop the VE during backup (very long downtime) 
> use rsync and suspend/resume (minimal downtime). 
> use LVM2 (no downtime)
>
> vzdump is available at
> http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/en/technology/oss-software/openvz/
>
> License: GPL
>
> Please read the manual page for more information (man vzdump). Suggestions
> and comments are welcome.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dietmar
>
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> Dietmar Maurer       Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
>                                                CTO
>
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