[lxc-users] lxc copy without snapshots?

Renato dos Santos renato.santos at wplex.com.br
Wed Sep 13 17:13:07 UTC 2017


Take a snapshot... and after use the copy with last snapshot.


Em 13-09-2017 14:09, Ingo Baab escreveu:
>
> Hello Sjoerd,
>
> thank you for the answer, but I get (lxc --version says "2.0.10"):
>
>     Usage: lxc copy [<remote>:]<source>[/<snapshot>]
>     [[<remote>:]<destination>] [--ephemeral|e]
>     Copy containers within or in between LXD instances.
>
>     Options:
>         --debug  (= false)
>             Enable debug mode
>         -e, --ephemeral  (= false)
>             Ephemeral container
>         --force-local  (= false)
>             Force using the local unix socket
>         --no-alias  (= false)
>             Ignore aliases when determining what command to run
>         --verbose  (= false)
>             Enable verbose mode
>
> I am on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, with LXD 2.0.10
> Any Ideas?
> Ingo
>
>
> Am 13.09.2017 um 18:43 schrieb Sjoerd:
>>
>>
>> On 13-09-17 16:07, Ingo Baab wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> how can I copy a container between LXD instances without all its 
>>> snapshots?
>>> I read at 
>>> https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/22/lxd-2-0-your-first-lxd-container/ 
>>>
>>>
>>> "The destination container will be identical in every way to the 
>>> source one, except it won’t have any snapshot and volatile keys (MAC 
>>> address) will be reset."
>>>
>>> But my invoked command "lxc copy remotebox:ubuntu16 ubuntu16" did 
>>> copy all snapshots, which took a long time.. - both of my LXD 
>>> servers are using ZFS.
>>>
>> Have you tried with --container-only as well?
>>
>> If you would just give lxc copy <enter> you'll see the options you 
>> can pass and for --container-only it describes:
>> --container-only  (= false)
>>         Copy the container without its snapshots
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sjoerd
>>
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