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If you're doing several dumps in a row, one in some time after another, the 2nd and subsequent dumps can be speed-ed up and that's how
== Create the first dump ==
# mkdir <path-to-images>/1/
# criu dump --tree <pid> --images-dir <path-to-images>/1/ --leave-running --track-mem
* Images are put into the <code>1/</code> sub-directory, since we're about to create the 2nd (and more) incremental dumps and it's handy to store them in this way;
* The <code>--leave-running</code> option is used to make criu not kill the tasks after dump, but let them run further;
* The <code>--track-mem</code> option makes criu ask kernel to monitor memory changes to optimize the subsequent dump.
== Create the second dump ==
# mkdir <path-to-images>/2/
# criu dump --tree <pid> --images-dir <path-to-images>/2/ --leave-running --track-mem --prev-images-dir ../1/
* Note, that the <code>--prev-images-dir</code> path is relative to the <code>--images-dir</code> one;
* Similarly the 3rd and all the other dumps can be created.
== Create the last dump ==
# mkdir <path-to-images>/N/
# criu dump --tree <pid> --images-dir <path-to-images>/N/ --prev-images-dir ../N-1/
* No <code>--leave-running</code> option will make tasks be killed after dump;
* No need in memory tracking option.
== Restore ==
Now you can restore the processes from whatever images you want
# criu restore --images-dir <path-to-images>/ANY/
[[Category:HOWTO]]
== Create the first dump ==
# mkdir <path-to-images>/1/
# criu dump --tree <pid> --images-dir <path-to-images>/1/ --leave-running --track-mem
* Images are put into the <code>1/</code> sub-directory, since we're about to create the 2nd (and more) incremental dumps and it's handy to store them in this way;
* The <code>--leave-running</code> option is used to make criu not kill the tasks after dump, but let them run further;
* The <code>--track-mem</code> option makes criu ask kernel to monitor memory changes to optimize the subsequent dump.
== Create the second dump ==
# mkdir <path-to-images>/2/
# criu dump --tree <pid> --images-dir <path-to-images>/2/ --leave-running --track-mem --prev-images-dir ../1/
* Note, that the <code>--prev-images-dir</code> path is relative to the <code>--images-dir</code> one;
* Similarly the 3rd and all the other dumps can be created.
== Create the last dump ==
# mkdir <path-to-images>/N/
# criu dump --tree <pid> --images-dir <path-to-images>/N/ --prev-images-dir ../N-1/
* No <code>--leave-running</code> option will make tasks be killed after dump;
* No need in memory tracking option.
== Restore ==
Now you can restore the processes from whatever images you want
# criu restore --images-dir <path-to-images>/ANY/
[[Category:HOWTO]]