Re: Bhyve backup options?

On 1/11/24 18:17, void wrote:

Just my 2c...



> disk1.img would be file-backed. yes, I'd stop the vm in that situation.
 >
> If the vm is zvol-backed [1] then one can take a snapshot of the zvol.

It might also be possbile to take a snapshot of the filesystem where 
disk1.img lives and copy that file from the snapshot.
So there is not much difference, in this regard, with a zvol.



> I've not tried, yet, making the snapshot *while* the vm is running.
> I *think* you can (because zfs handles it)

Yes, you can.

Whether that's a good idea or whether powering the VM off before is 
better/required... that's more a question for the VM than for the host.

  bye
	av.