Quick question @stgraber , you mention here , that “…subsequent refreshes will then compare the list of snapshots, delete any snapshot which was removed from the source or which appears to have been changed and then sync the missing snapshots and container state using rsync.” Does this mean, that…

That’s possible. It may not need to write anything but it will still need to look at every single file in the source and target, look at their last modification date and file size to try to figure out if they’ve changed or not.

Lxc copy --refresh

LXD

michacassola (Micha Cassola) February 2, 2023, 5:21pm 10

Regarding backing up you should have a look at this one: