Furkan, I understand your use-case. You want to make it possible to configure a clean installation of NetBackup completely from CloudStack. One important issue to consider is "How to make it vi-friendly?". I mean what if people configure the CloudStack side and the NetBackup side? If they are conflicting, who wins and how is integrity guaranteed. I think it is possible to implement an initialisation procedure in the provider that checks if a minimal set of configuration is available and create it if not. That could be a first step. I read between the lines that you also want an exportBackupProfile API. That would be a framework level addition. Ambitious but not impossible I think. happy hacking,
On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM Furkan Doğmuş <furkandogmus9...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jithin, > > Thanks for your explanation regarding the Backup & Recovery framework > design. > > I’ve been reviewing the existing backup provider integrations (e.g., Veeam) > and have started working on a similar integration for *NetBackup*, > targeting the *KVM hypervisor*. > I understand that in the current design, predefined configurations and > policies must be set up on the provider side, imported into CloudStack as > offerings, and then cloned per instance. > > While I understand this is intentional in the current framework, I’d like > to explore if there are ways to make the provider-side setup for NetBackup > more automated — for example, automatically creating the required storage > units, policies, or schedules during the plugin’s registration or offering > creation, instead of requiring these steps to be completed manually > beforehand. > > I’m cc’ing the *dev@cloudstack.apache.org <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>* > mailing list to see if other developers have attempted similar approaches > or have suggestions for enhancing automation in the provider integration > process. > > Any guidance or references (including code from existing providers that > implement similar automation) would be greatly appreciated. > > Best regards, > Furkan Doğmuş > > > -- Daan
