Do I need to stop or pause the bitbucket application to ensure a consistent backup?

[Matt Whitaker]

We are looking at good alternatives for our current backup solution for bitbucket, and are looking at moving the database to the same VM host that that application runs on.  In that scenario, do I still need to stop the bitbucket application before taking the VM snapshot to ensure that I have a good and consistent snapshot that I can go back to if the need should arise?

Is there a good document to refer to for best practices around having the VM and database on the same VM?

[Edwin Kyalangalilwa · Accepted solution]

Hi @Matt Whitaker,

Yes, having the application stopped is best practice. 

Server: Installing multiple applications on a single server

Having multiple applications on the same server is supported but it'll take server and JVM tuning for both applications. To ensure the applications aren't fighting over resources.

Performance Tuning