====File/Disk Structure for Organizing Backups==== Add a dedicated mirror that is a different set of disks than the R10 array, if 6 or more disks are possible. Create amount point of VG_BACKUPS on the extra mirror or at the root of the R10 array if there is no mirror. Create in /mnt directories for each virtualization host e.g. /mnt/VHSRV01 /mnt/VHSRV02 /mnt/VHSRV03 Add to these sub directories VG_IMAGES and VG_BACKUPS e.g. /mnt/VHSRV01/VG_IMAGES /mnt/VHSRV01/VG_BACKUPS /mnt/VHSRV02/VG_IMAGES /mnt/VHSRV02/VG_BACKUPS /mnt/VHSRV03/VG_IMAGES /mnt/VHSRV03/VG_BACKUPS VG_IMAGES should correspond to /var/lib/libvirt/images on the NFS server for each virtualization host \\ VG_BACKUPS should correspind to var/lib/libvirt/images/VG_BACKUPS on the NFS server for each virtualization host (if a separate set of disk is dedicated to backups then use /VG_BACKUPS) \\ Add NFS mounts to each virtualiztion hosts fstab according to virtulization setup document. Try to minimize the # of NFS shares that are mounted so as to prevent issues when virtualizations hosts are rebooted.