Best Way to Backup XCP NG
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Planning to use XOA to create local backups / delta backups of virtual machines. What's the best way to get these remote / offsite?
I want to pull the backups from the remote side so there's no way to access the remote backup from the local network.
Is it a matter of copying the .vhd files to the remote side with whatever preference I have, or is there more stuff we need to use this in case of restoring from backup? I've read about virtual machine meta data. DO we need the .vhd as well as the meta data to restore successfully?
In short, if I make a local backup on a network share, what do I all need to backup to the remote side to successfully restore a VM?
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@gojjily Hi Gojjily,
Not sure i fully understand your question so let me clarify some points and perhaps you can ask some questions after that.
- XO allow you to make backups to what we call a remote, this remote is a network share (or local but not recommended) inside the XCP network where you can store your backups.
- You can also backup XCP metadata this allow you in case of a major crash of one of your host to restore the host configuration.
- Once your backups are setup you can restore them directly from your XO.
- If you want to protect further your data you could copy your backup to another place but it's not directly include in XO even if you could set two remotes for the same backup job and have you backups directly replicated
hope this clarify a bit.
