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    How To KVM Backup and Restore in Linux

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    The document describes how to backup and restore KVM virtual machines in Linux using virsh commands. It explains how to backup the XML configuration file and disk image file by dumping the XML and copying the disk image. It then shows how to restore by deleting or undefining the XML, copying back the disk image, defining the XML again, and starting the virtual machine.

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    How To KVM Backup and Restore in Linux

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    The document describes how to backup and restore KVM virtual machines in Linux using virsh commands. It explains how to backup the XML configuration file and disk image file by dumping the XML and copying the disk image. It then shows how to restore by deleting or undefining the XML, copying back the disk image, defining the XML again, and starting the virtual machine.

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    The document describes how to backup and restore KVM virtual machines in Linux using virsh commands. It explains how to backup the XML configuration file and disk image file by dumping the XML and copying the disk image. It then shows how to restore by deleting or undefining the XML, copying back the disk image, defining the XML again, and starting the virtual machine.

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    How to KVM Backup and Restore in Linux

    techsoftcenter.com/how-to-kvm-backup-and-restore-in-linux/

    fadıl October 17, 2019

    By following the steps below, we’ll see how you can upload your KVM virtuals and return
    them from the backup again.

    1. Backup Import
    First, let’s list our machines and see that they are operational. To do this, we use the
    following command.

    1 > virsh list –all

    Then we close the VM we will install.

    1 > virsh shutdown Ubuntu18

    Then let’s list the machines again and see that they are turned off.

    1 > virsh list –all

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    Now let’s back up the machine (XML file) with the following command/method.

    1 > virsh dumpxml Ubuntu18 > /MyBackup/Ubuntu18.xml

    or

    You can copy the corresponding XLM to the corresponding backup directory with the cp
    command from the “/etc/libvirt/qemu” directory where the XML is stored in default.

    Now let’s back up the disk file (qcow2) with the following command/method.

    Copy the qcow2 f format disk file to /MyBackup. The default location of disk files is
    under “/var/lib/libvirt/images/”.

    or

    > virsh domblklist Ubuntu18 command you can see where it is. You can copy it to your
    backup folder with cp or scp (remote) command from the related place.

    1 > cp /var/lib/libvirt/images/Ubuntu18.qcow2 /MyBackup/Ubuntu18.qcow2

    Let’s list and see all our backups.

    1 > ls -lash

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    Note: You can do the backup process without turning off the machines, but it may be
    healthy to turn it off and on despite errors or data loss. Of course, if the machine should
    not be interrupted service, as I said VM opened backup can take.

    2. Restore Making
    Now let’s go back to the backup scenario. To do so, you can delete or undefine the XML.

    1 > virsh undefine Ubuntu18

    or

    If the XML file containing the server properties is deleted and we list it, we can see that the
    machine is gone.

    1 > virsh list –all

    Now let’s delete the disk (qcow2) file to perform the scenario.

    1 > rm /var/lib/libvirt/images/Ubuntu18.qcow2

    And we can start implementing the script. Let’s start the process of copying the disk
    (qcow2) from the place we took the backup to where it should be.
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    1 > cp /MyBackup/Ubuntu18.qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/

    After the copying process of the disk is finished, let’s make the XML file with the machine
    properties available with the following command/method.

    1 > virsh define –file /MyBackup/Ubuntu18.xml

    or

    Let the XML file containing the server properties be copied back to the directory.

    Then start the VM and complete the process.

    1 > virsh start Ubuntu18

    I hope it has been a useful article.

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