[bitfolk] Re: Thoughts on disk-image-based backups

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 10:39:51AM +0000, Andy Smith via BitFolk Users wrote: Somewhere in the Bitfolk web site you mention snapshots - are these still available, and what's the difference? I'd be interested in something like this occasionally as a short term service: 1. take a full VM disk backup/snapshot 2. Perform a major system upgrade that could go show-stoppingly wrong 3. Restore snapshot if step 2 failed Even a day or two would be long enough for this, but paying for a month wouldn't be a problem. This came up recently when I did an upgrade of Sympl (Virtual host management system for Debian) simultaneously with Debian upgrade from 11 to 12. In the end I made several offsite safety backups and the upgrade went OK, but a fiver's worth of peace of mind would have been good value. -- Anahata anahata(a)treewind.co.uk -+- http://www.treewind.co.uk Home: 01535 501017 Mob: 07976 263827