[Lxc-users] Backing Up A Container

[Patrick Kevin McCaffrey]

Hello list,
I've been doing some work on my LXC setup lately.  I have several Debian containers set up under an Ubuntu 12.04 host.  Each container runs different services (email, web, database, etc.), and I've been trying to figure out the best way to back them up.

I've tried simply copying the rootfs of each container, but I get errors about not being able to copy special files.  What is the 'standard' method for container backups?

Pat McCaffrey