Hello, I have important config files needed for the nms tool inside container directory - /var/lib/enms. Also when the container run other data related to the container save it in the same /var/lib/enms directory. I wanted to take backup of this data in local host machine. so run the below command. …

Your first attempt used a bind. Your second attempt used a named volume. Only with named volumes existing data is copied from the container target folder into the volume. You can configure a named volume that binds a host folder into the container: docker volume create --driver local -o o=bind -o…

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Q1. Where can I reference parameters (especially -o) of docker volume create Docker CLI ? There is not much in docker.org.doc( docker volume create | Docker Documentation ) Q2.Can I set docker volume to store in some other dir? If not how to deal when /var/lib/docker/volumes space is out?

[image] jason1125: Q1. Where can I reference parameters (especially -o) of docker volume create Docker CLI ? There is not much in docker.org.doc( docker volume create | Docker Documentation ) Well it pretty much depends on the driver and type. The local driver is able to mount whatever you can…

Thanks for your detailed answer, and it’s helpful. :smiley:

I just access them on /var/lib/docker/volumes/[volumename]/_data

You can do that, but you need to be root which makes it a bit more complicated. I would also avoid working in the docker data root directory directly, but again, if you are careful, you can do that.

How to access docker volume data from host machine?

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cincitech (Cincitech) January 29, 2020, 5:40pm 4

The question I believe you are asking is: where does the “docker volume create” command place the “nmsvol” volume? I don’t know if that changes with different installs of Docker on different hosts, but I use PhotonOS and there Docker stores volumes in the /var/lib/docker/volumes directory. Maybe take a look there.

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