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Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions

From Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions
Date 2017-05-20 07:20 +0200
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On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 11:10:00PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
> Mark Fletcher wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 12:57:57PM -0400, RavenLX wrote:
> >> On 05/17/2017 12:42 PM, craigswin wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >On 05/17/2017 06:03 AM, RavenLX wrote:
> >> 
> 
> There are the so called snapshots, which you can make and then include in
> your back up.  No need to down the VM.
> 
> There is also generally no problem with licenses after reinstall as soon as
> you have your activation key or the OEMs disks/dvds. On most computers sold
> with windows the key is a sticker somewhere at the back, bottom or
> whatever.
> 

I may be wrong but I don't think snapshots can be scheduled, but rather 
must be initiated -- so not really suitable for an automated backup 
solution. And as the conventional wisdom goes, if a backup isn't 
automated, you're not doing a backup.

Maybe you could use a scheduled vboxmanage command to do the snapshot, I 
suppose. But what happens to concurent changes the guest makes to itself 
while it is being snapshotted -- the snapshot presumably takes a finite 
amount of time?

Mark

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Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-05-14 14:00 +0200
  Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-05-14 16:30 +0200
    Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-05-14 23:30 +0200
  Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 17:20 +0200
  Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-05-14 23:50 +0200
  Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2017-05-15 07:20 +0200
  Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-17 15:10 +0200
    Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 16:30 +0200
    Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions craigswin <craigswin2016@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 18:50 +0200
      Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-17 19:10 +0200
        Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-05-18 15:40 +0200
          Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-05-18 18:50 +0200
          Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-18 23:20 +0200
            Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-05-20 07:20 +0200
              Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-20 13:00 +0200
                Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-05-20 15:20 +0200
              Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-05-20 15:20 +0200
          Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-21 14:50 +0200
            Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-05-21 18:20 +0200
              Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-05-21 19:10 +0200
                Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-05-21 22:30 +0200
                Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-05-21 23:20 +0200
      Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-18 23:10 +0200
        Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-05-20 07:20 +0200
          Re: Virtual Machines: Newbie / novice questions deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-20 13:10 +0200

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