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...ight now. Plain rsync is going to be very slow for large file transfer. I strongly suggest to experiment with rsync "--inplace no-whole-file" options to really transfer/write changed bits only. If that does not cut in, you can try with bdsync[1] or blocksync[2] [1] https://github.com/TargetHolding/bdsync [2] https://github.com/shodanshok/blocksync >> - blockcommit the overlay: blockcommit guest /path/to/testsn --active >> --wait --verbose --pivot >> - delete the snapshot: snapshot-delete guest --snapshotname testsn >> --metadata >> - remove the overlay &gt...

Hi, currently i'm following https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit. I 'm playing around with it and it seems to be quite nice. What i want is a daily consistent backup of my image file of the guest. I have the idea of the following procedure: - Shutdown the guest (i can live with a downtime of a few minutes, it will happen in the night). And i think