From 703300b98067b18d5bcb4253960fd20bd7f28278 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Lauterer Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:07:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] vzdump: fleecing: rephrase manual vzdump example and move the example command from inline to a block Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer --- vzdump.adoc | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc index 415742e..733704b 100644 --- a/vzdump.adoc +++ b/vzdump.adoc @@ -149,11 +149,14 @@ With backup fleecing, such old data is cached in a fleecing image rather than sent directly to the backup target. This can help guest IO performance and even prevent hangs in certain scenarios, at the cost of requiring more storage space. -Use e.g. `vzdump 123 --fleecing enabled=1,storage=local-lvm` to enable backup -fleecing, with fleecing images created on the storage `local-lvm`. As always, -you can set the option for specific backup jobs, or as a node-wide fallback via -the xref:vzdump_configuration[configuration options]. In the UI, fleecing can be -configured in the 'Advanced' tab when editing a backup job. +To manually start a backup of VM `123` with fleecing images created on the +storage `local-lvm`, run + + vzdump 123 --fleecing enabled=1,storage=local-lvm + +As always, you can set the option for specific backup jobs, or as a node-wide +fallback via the xref:vzdump_configuration[configuration options]. In the UI, +fleecing can be configured in the 'Advanced' tab when editing a backup job. The fleecing storage should be a fast local storage, with thin provisioning and discard support. Examples are LVM-thin, RBD, ZFS with `sparse 1` in the storage