On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 07:12:19PM +0100, Sam Przyswa wrote: > Le 15/03/2011 16:31, Daniel Hokka Zakrisson a écrit : >> Sam Przyswa wrote: >>> Hi, >>> What is the right way to copy a running vserver ? >>> The google search talk about vserver-copy but I haven't this >>> utility on my system and an apt-file search give nothing. >>> I use Debian 5.0 and 2.6.32-bpo.4-vserver-686-bigmem kernel. >>> Thanks for your help. >> Depends on what you want to do. If you're moving a guest and >> want as small of a downtime window as possible, I'd suggest: >> rsync -HzaxvP --numeric-ids /vservers/<guest>/ >> root@server:/vservers/<guest>/ rsync -HzaxvP --numeric-ids >> /vservers/<guest>/ root@server:/vservers/<guest>/ >> vserver<guest> stop rsync -HzaxvP --numeric-ids >> /vservers/<guest>/ root@server:/vservers/<guest>/ >> vserver<guest> start >> If you just want to clone one that is running, where the >> services don't keep any significant state (i.e. no database), >> simply use the rsync or clone build methods. > I tried to find doc about clone build method but nothing found, > if you have a link, thanks in advance. vserver - build --help clone ... -- [-d <distribution>] --source <source> [--exclude-from <exclude-list>] ... clones a guest by linking unified files and copying the rest HTH, Herbert > I found vcopy and vrescue but not tested yet... > Thanks for your help. > Sam.