diff --git a/PVE/CLI/vzdump.pm b/PVE/CLI/vzdump.pm index e3b02a6b..e363f25d 100755 --- a/PVE/CLI/vzdump.pm +++ b/PVE/CLI/vzdump.pm @@ -51,17 +51,23 @@ rsync copies changed files. After that, the VM is started (resume) again. This results in a minimal downtime, but needs additional space to hold the VM copy. -For QemuServer, this mode work like C mode, but uses -suspend/resume instead of stop/start. +For QemuServer, this mode will suspend the VM, start +a live backup, and resume the VM. =item C mode -This mode uses LVM2 snapshots. There is no downtime, but snapshot mode -needs LVM2 and some free space on the corresponding volume group to -create the LVM snapshot. +For containers, this mode uses the snapshotting facilities of the underlying +storage. A snapshot will be made of the container volume, and the snapshot content +will be archived in a tar file. + +For QemuServer, this mode will do a live backup similar to the C mode, but without +suspending/resuming the VM. =back +A technical overview of the Proxmox VE live backup for QemuServer can be found online at: +https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-qemu-kvm.git;a=blob;f=backup.txt + =head1 BACKUP FILE NAMES Newer version of vzdump encodes the virtual machine type and the