Backup LVM-based VM to another computer

#first stop VM
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lvname=vm_www
lvcreate -L5G -s -n $lvname-snap /dev/VolGroup00/$lvname
#the VM can be re-started now
#turn the snapshop into a file image (optionally gzip it)
#dd if=/dev/VolGroup00/$lvname-snap | bzip2 -9 >/backup/$lvname.dd.bz2
dd if=/dev/VolGroup00/$lvname-snap >/backups/$lvname.img
#remove the snapshot
lvremove -f /dev/VolGroup00/$lvname-snap
#copy to another machine
scp $lvname.img root@jordan:/amf300;
rm -f $lvname.img
#on the other machine, run bzip2 -9 vm_xxxx.img