[Users] No checkpoint support....

[Kir Kolyshkin]

On 11/13/2012 03:06 PM, Hristo Benev wrote:
> Can vzmigrate do the trick?
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> I'm not "tied" to vzdump. :)
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> I just need to create offsite backup.
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> thanks

vzmigrate is for live (or offline) migration of a container from one box 
to another.

Your best backup option would be to use rhel6-based (042stab*) kernel and
ploop containers. With that combination you can do live and instant 
ploop snapshots
which can be used as a backup, too.

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>   >От: Kir Kolyshkin kir at openvz.org
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>   >Относно: Re: [Users] No checkpoint support....
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>   >До: "OpenVZ users list. This is THE list you need." <users at openvz.org>
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>   >Изпратено на: Вторник, 2012, Ноември 13 11:25:54 EET
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>> On 11/12/2012 09:56 PM, Hristo Benev wrote:
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>>> After updating to vzctl-4.1-1I receive following message when trying to backup with vzdump
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>> (1) Oh so it was vzdump, I was thinking about vzmigrate.
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>> (2) vzmigrate checks that cpt/rst modules are loaded before doing migration.
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>> It looks like vzdump does not.
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>> (3) modules loading/unloading are only done by vz initscript.
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>> Maybe some other software unloaded vzcpt module for some reason.
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>>> INFO: first sync finished (865 seconds)INFO: suspend vmINFO: Setting up checkpoint...INFO: Error: No checkpointing support, unable to open /proc/cpt: No such file or directoryERROR: Backup of VM XXX failed - command 'vzctl --skiplock chkpnt XXX --suspend' failed with exit code 16
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>>> Kernel: 2.6.18-308.8.2.el5.028stab101.1PAE
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>>> Looking back at forums I've found solution:
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>>> modprobe vzcpt
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>>> Is that bug in update script or I had to restart server to have new scripts execute?
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