[GH-ISSUE #231] Live snapshotting #183

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opened 2026-02-27 16:38:18 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments
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Originally created by @afk4life on GitHub (Feb 10, 2014).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/retspen/webvirtmgr/issues/231

Is this in the plan? Having to stop VMs to backup is not really workable.

Originally created by @afk4life on GitHub (Feb 10, 2014). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/retspen/webvirtmgr/issues/231 Is this in the plan? Having to stop VMs to backup is not really workable.
kerem closed this issue 2026-02-27 16:38:18 +03:00
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@ionstorm66 commented on GitHub (Feb 10, 2014):

Would be easy to add for qcow2, I don't know about LVM, raw, or qcow. Would be easy to test.

<!-- gh-comment-id:34602884 --> @ionstorm66 commented on GitHub (Feb 10, 2014): Would be easy to add for qcow2, I don't know about LVM, raw, or qcow. Would be easy to test.
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@gitshaw commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2014):

for live snapshots im currently using https://github.com/syndicut/virt-backup - this takes a snapshot of the running instance and then uses dd to copy the image to a local file. To use virt-backup and LVM snapshots i change vrtManager/create.py line starting 146 - currently instances get a disk type of 'file' - i think for devices under /dev this should be: disk type='block'

http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/QEMUSwitchToLibvirt

<!-- gh-comment-id:34849670 --> @gitshaw commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2014): for live snapshots im currently using https://github.com/syndicut/virt-backup - this takes a snapshot of the running instance and then uses dd to copy the image to a local file. To use virt-backup and LVM snapshots i change vrtManager/create.py line starting 146 - currently instances get a disk type of 'file' - i think for devices under /dev this should be: disk type='block' http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/QEMUSwitchToLibvirt
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@danielclasen commented on GitHub (May 4, 2014):

Why did you close this @retspen? Is this feature planned for the feature or is @gitshaw s way the way to go?

<!-- gh-comment-id:42131788 --> @danielclasen commented on GitHub (May 4, 2014): Why did you close this @retspen? Is this feature planned for the feature or is @gitshaw s way the way to go?
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@gelim commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2016):

Hi, while the project seems in a dormant state, missing live snapshoting feature is a blocker for a lot of people I guess. Having to use virt-manager to achieve that feature is defeating the purpose of using a web manager interface unfortunately.

<!-- gh-comment-id:188655815 --> @gelim commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2016): Hi, while the project seems in a dormant state, missing live snapshoting feature is a blocker for a lot of people I guess. Having to use virt-manager to achieve that feature is defeating the purpose of using a web manager interface unfortunately.
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