From b92c9a045db2bfac26ff4073897c1a87cdce2e8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aliaksandr Valialkin Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:24:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs/vmbackup.md: remove the unneeded -storageDataPath command-line from the example for making server-side copy of the backup --- docs/vmbackup.md | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/vmbackup.md b/docs/vmbackup.md index 4507f4185a..6283af54e9 100644 --- a/docs/vmbackup.md +++ b/docs/vmbackup.md @@ -93,13 +93,14 @@ when backing up large amounts of data. * Run the following command once a day: ```sh -./vmbackup -storageDataPath= -origin=gs:///latest -dst=gs:/// +./vmbackup -origin=gs:///latest -dst=gs:/// ``` -This command creates server-side copy of the backup from `gs:///latest` to `gs:///`, were `` is the current -date like `20240125`. Server-side copy of the backup should be fast on most object storage systems, since it just creates new names for already -existing objects. The server-side copy can be slow on some object storage systems such as [S3 Glacier](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/glacier/), -since they may perform full object copy instead of creating new names for already existing objects. This may be slow and expensive. +This command makes [server-side copy](#server-side-copy-of-the-existing-backup) of the backup from `gs:///latest` to `gs:///`, +were `` is the current date like `20240125`. Server-side copy of the backup should be fast on most object storage systems, +since it just creates new names for already existing objects. The server-side copy can be slow on some object storage systems +such as [S3 Glacier](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/glacier/), since they may perform full object copy instead of creating +new names for already existing objects. This may be slow and expensive. The `smart backups` approach described above saves network bandwidth costs on hourly backups (since they are incremental) and allows recovering data from either the last hour (the `latest` backup) or from any day (`YYYYMMDD` backups).