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      Alex Sage last edited by Alex Sage

      What should I use for backup? Just a home lab :)

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        hubtechagain last edited by

        folks like HA lizard. i've not tinkerd with xen much. one of my favorites for HV so far though is Altaro.... if you ever get the HV bug.

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        • dafyre
          dafyre @Alex Sage last edited by dafyre

          @anonymous said:

          What should I use for backup? Just a home lab :)

          XenOrchestra has some built-in backup stuff, I do believe.

          Paging @johnhooks and @DustinB3403

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            Dashrender last edited by

            Where's @DustinB3403 when you need him ;)

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            • DustinB3403
              DustinB3403 last edited by

              @Dashrender say what?

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              • stacksofplates
                stacksofplates last edited by stacksofplates

                Ya XO has built in backup options. You can backup to an NFS share or locally if you have XO running on a different device.

                There are other options too, like XenCenter can export snapshots as a backup, or you can use something like NAUBackup or Snapback. Both are scripts that export snapshots and then delete them.

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                • DustinB3403
                  DustinB3403 last edited by

                  Yeah Xen Orchestra has Delta backup capabilities as well as "backup" which I'm assuming is full backup capabilities. @olivier would be the best person to ask about that function. (I simply haven't looked into it).

                  For your home lab there are several options I'd recommend.

                  NAUBackup - scripted solution that works at the hypervisor level but it only creates Full Backups of your VM's. It will rotate out your backups on whatever schedule you want.

                  Xen Orchestra - A way more fancy solution to NAUBackup works well, takes a bit more to setup, but completely functional, and provides Delta Backup capabilities.

                  You can also use Veeam free edition (anything under 1TB of data)

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                  • Dashrender
                    Dashrender @DustinB3403 last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said:

                    @Dashrender say what?

                    Just bringin ya into the conversation. :)

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller @hubtechagain last edited by

                      @hubtechagain said:

                      folks like HA lizard. i've not tinkerd with xen much. one of my favorites for HV so far though is Altaro.... if you ever get the HV bug.

                      HAL is HA, doesn't address backups.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller @dafyre last edited by

                        @dafyre said:

                        @anonymous said:

                        What should I use for backup? Just a home lab :)

                        XenOrchestra has some built-in backup stuff, I do believe.

                        Paging @johnhooks and @DustinB3403

                        XO seems to be the tool for this these days.

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                          Alex Sage last edited by

                          XO doesn't support backup or export in the free version :(

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                            Alex Sage @DustinB3403 last edited by

                            @DustinB3403 said:

                            You can also use Veeam free edition (anything under 1TB of data)

                            You can??? o_0

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                            • scottalanmiller
                              scottalanmiller @Alex Sage last edited by

                              @anonymous said:

                              XO doesn't support backup or export in the free version :(

                              Sure does!

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                              • stacksofplates
                                stacksofplates @Alex Sage last edited by

                                @anonymous said:

                                XO doesn't support backup or export in the free version :(

                                Not the free VM image, but if you download the open source version it does.

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                                • DustinB3403
                                  DustinB3403 @Alex Sage last edited by DustinB3403

                                  @anonymous said:

                                  XO doesn't support backup or export in the free version :(

                                  Actually it does I'm using it in my work lab at the moment. Completely functional. 100% free.

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller @Alex Sage last edited by

                                    @anonymous said:

                                    XO doesn't support backup or export in the free version :(

                                    There are NO limitations in the free XO version. That's the very reason that XO popped into the community was to refute that myth a few weeks ago. They pointed out that they are completely open source and everything is available for free (without support, of course.)

                                    Dustin has been backing up from the free XO now all week.

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                                      Alex Sage @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      There are NO limitations in the free XO version.

                                      What about patching? And Exporting VM's?

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                                      • stacksofplates
                                        stacksofplates @Alex Sage last edited by

                                        @anonymous said:

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        There are NO limitations in the free XO version.

                                        What about patching? And Exporting VM's?

                                        Both are free in the open source version. I think you're looking at the XOA, which is pre-built by them.

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                                        • scottalanmiller
                                          scottalanmiller @Alex Sage last edited by

                                          @anonymous said:

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          There are NO limitations in the free XO version.

                                          What about patching? And Exporting VM's?

                                          There are no limitations.

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                                          • Dashrender
                                            Dashrender @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                            @DustinB3403 said:

                                            You can also use Veeam free edition (anything under 1TB of data)

                                            I thought Veeam didn't support XS? or are you talking about the End Point Protection free version?

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