Is it enough to keep only the .xva file?

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Is it enough to keep only the .xva file? #99

Closed VARGA-Peter closed 3 years ago

VARGA-Peter commented 3 years ago

I refer to the "Restore" section in your documentation https://github.com/NAUbackup/VmBackup#restore

My question: Is it enough to keep only the .xva file without the DISK-*, VIFs vm-metadata.xml directories/file in order to restore the VM correctly when I don't mind to keep the original uuid values or isn't a backup impossible without these additional information?

Thank you!

NAUbackup commented 3 years ago

Peter, the XVA file is self-contained. Should the whole pool have to be redone and the XVA imported, the metadata are then useful to identify various parameters that would not show up because of the hosts and pool information no longer matching. That said, the VM metadata is in fact embedded within the XVA file. For more about that, please see: https://xenserver.pl/citrix-xenserver/introduction-to-saving-vm-parameters-how-i-metadata-backup/10832 --Tobias

VARGA-Peter commented 3 years ago

Thank you Tobias!

NAUbackup commented 3 years ago

Sure thing, Peter!