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--- computing:virtmanagerhell [2023/01/15 17:37] – oemb1905
+++ computing:virtmanagerhell [2023/01/15 17:47] (current) – oemb1905
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   dd if=/dev/urandom of=file bs=4M count=500
-To create a backup volume inside a guest. First, add the volume location with virsh or virt-manager. Then, inside the guestOS:
+To create a backup volume inside a guest you create the volume, attach it, and then shell into the guest and format, mount, and create an fstab entry. First, on the hostOS:
+  cd /mnt/vms/backups/vm1-backup-dir/
+  qemu-img create -f qcow2 vm1-backup.qcow2 32G
+  virsh attach-disk guestOS.qcow2 \
+    --source /mnt/vms/backups/vm1-backup-dir/vm1-backup \
+    --target vdb \
+    --persistent
+Then, on the guestOS:
   mkdir /mnt/backup
   mkfs.ext4 /dev/vdb

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