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Hi Dan,<br>
<p> <br>
i would prefer doing backups/migrations/clonings with rsync via
the cli.<br>
Itīs quite simple and reliable.<br>
We use some skripts, one like this working on a source-masternode:</p>
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<p># Backup of a container<br>
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<p>/usr/bin/rsync -arvlh --progress --delete --links --hard-links
--perms --owner --group --devices --times \<br>
--exclude=/VE-ID/backup \<br>
/vz/private/VE-ID -e ssh target-masternode:/vz/private/<br>
|tee `date +%d-%m-%Y`.VE-ID.log<br>
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<p># Backup of a containers conf-file<br>
/usr/bin/rsync -arvlh --progress --delete --links --hard-links
--perms --owner --group --devices --times \<br>
/etc/vz/conf/106.conf -e ssh target-masternode:/etc/vz/conf/</p>
<p>###################################################<br>
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<p>If the VPS is online with databases, we do the syncing of the
filesystem twice.<br>
Of course we use key-based logins, so we can do the whole job with
skripts and cronjobs.<br>
tee writes the output in a logfile, so there is a simple kind of
controlling. A second part of the skript sends this log to our
support or to the customer.</p>
<p>Possible problems are running MySQL-databases with large ibdata
or logs, io-bottlenecks with the disks or with switch or nics and
so on. <br>
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Hope this helps a little,<br>
cheers<br>
Uwe
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 25.05.2016 um 00:59 schrieb Dan
Porter:<br>
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<div>Is there a procedure for cloning a VPS, either locally or
on another Aventurine server? I am fully aware that steps
must be taken to avoid IP conflicts but I suspect there is
more to it. My recent failed attempt involved trying to
restore a VPS backup from one container to another locally by
renaming the container directory and modifying the conf files
containing the IP addresses - then using the Aventurine
restore function. </div>
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<div>Next question. My Aventurine backup procedure uses Rsync
and I know that Rsync does not keep the immutable flag bit.
That would mean that files like php.ini would not retain this
bit during a restore. Is there a procedure to accommodate
this? </div>
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<div>Last question is that during my failed restore attempt,
using the Aventurine restore feature, the entire backup files
were deleted as part of the restore process. This was an
unwelcome surprise. I am wondering if this is by design
since I can not see the logic of deleting backup files even
after they have been restored. Did I miss an option during
the restore that would have kept the VPS backup files after
the restore was completed?</div>
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<div class="gmail_signature">Dan Porter<br>
Twin Wolf Technology Group, LLC<br>
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