On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 11:10:00PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 12:57:57PM -0400, RavenLX wrote: > >> On 05/17/2017 12:42 PM, craigswin wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >On 05/17/2017 06:03 AM, RavenLX wrote: > >> > > There are the so called snapshots, which you can make and then include in > your back up. No need to down the VM. > > There is also generally no problem with licenses after reinstall as soon as > you have your activation key or the OEMs disks/dvds. On most computers sold > with windows the key is a sticker somewhere at the back, bottom or > whatever. >
I may be wrong but I don't think snapshots can be scheduled, but rather must be initiated -- so not really suitable for an automated backup solution. And as the conventional wisdom goes, if a backup isn't automated, you're not doing a backup. Maybe you could use a scheduled vboxmanage command to do the snapshot, I suppose. But what happens to concurent changes the guest makes to itself while it is being snapshotted -- the snapshot presumably takes a finite amount of time? Mark
