[Users] Directory structure of VE on host

[Martin Wheldon]

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 at 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 at 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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