Projects like this one may be interesting in the near future:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg40h1YjALk
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg40h1YjALk>
-Antoine
> On May 27, 2022, at 10:15 AM, Nux wrote:
>
>
>
> Yes indeed there are 2 types of snapshots, the VM (which also can snapshot
> the RAM, thus preserving a full state) and the storage volume snapshot.
>
> Both can be used for "backups", but they lend themselves to different
> scenarios.
>
> The VM snapshot is handy in those situations where you want a quick fallback
> in case your "yum" or "windows" updates or other sensitive operations break
> your VM or something. Of course, there are other scenarios where this could
> be handy.
>
> VM snapshots use the underlying file backing (say qcow2 file) for storing
> what is required.
>
> The volume snapshots are closer to the idea of proper backups because what
> you get here is a full copy of the VM's disk, it'd be in a crash consistent
> state by default, but could be good enough for most purposes. Cloudstack will
> transfer this copy over on to the secondary storage, which is great because
> it will be available even if the original hypervisor goes down etc. Also,
> from this point on you can implement (outside of Cloudstack) further sync or
> copy operations on these files, thus helping with disaster recorvery plans
> and so on.
>
> On KVM you need to make sure "kvm snapshot" is enabled in the Global Settings
> btw.
>
> ---
> Nux
> www.nux.ro <http://www.nux.ro/> [1]
>
> On 2022-05-27 14:55, vas...@gmx.de <mailto:vas...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Maybe it would be usefull to provide some more information regarding the
>> different "snapshots" which are availeable.
>> As far as I am aware we have
>> - Volume Snapshots - which can be used with different VMs and can be planned
>> ahead.
>> https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.1.0/adminguide/storage.html#working-with-volume-snapshots
>> - VM Snapshots - which I guess is more "synonym" when talking about
>> snapshots.
>> https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.1.0/adminguide/virtual_machines.html#virtual-machine-snapshots
>> The documentation "only" mentions "Automatic Snapshot Creation" for volumes
>> / storage. I am not quiet shure if this feature is also availeable for
>> VM-Snapshots.
>> Am Fr., 27. Mai 2022 um 11:57 Uhr schrieb Nux :
>> You can have that, it's called "recurrent snapshots", in the UI you will
>> find it under the "clock" icon when in the Volume page.
>> https://cloudstack.apache.org/api/apidocs-4.16/apis/createSnapshotPolicy.html
>> ---
>> Nux
>> www.nux.ro <http://www.nux.ro/> [1]
>> On 2022-05-27 10:41, Mariusz Wojtarek wrote:
>> I look for solution with schedule option, as I know snaphost can be done
>> only on demand
>> Mariusz Wojtarek
>> Administrator iT
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>> Poleczki 23 | 02-822 Warszawa
>> [3][4]
>> Od: Nux mailto:n...@li.nux.ro>>
>> Data: piątek, 27 maja 2022 o 11:31
>> Do: users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org>
>> mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org>>
>> DW: Mariusz Wojtarek > <mailto:mariusz.wojta...@support-online.pl>>
>> Temat: Re: Odp: Cludstack vm backup
>> Thers is no backup driver for KVM at this time and there is none in
>> development either, afaik.
>> You could always count on the volume snapshot feature, especially if you
>> stick to single-disk/volume VMs.
>> HTH
>> ---
>> Nux
>> www.nux.ro <http://www.nux.ro/> [1]
>> On 2022-05-27 09:34, Mariusz Wojtarek wrote:
>> So there is no backup solution for machines hosted on kvm ?
>> Błąd! Nie podano nazwy pliku.
>> Mariusz Wojtarek
>> Administrator iT
>> P: 22 335 28 00
>> E: mariusz.wojta...@support-online.pl
>> <mailto:mariusz.wojta...@support-online.pl>
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>> Poleczki 23 | 02-822 Warszawa
>> Błąd! Nie podano nazwy pliku. [3] Błąd! Nie podano nazwy pliku. [4]
>> Od: Slavka Peleva > <mailto:slav...@storpool.com.INVALID>>
>> Data: piątek, 27 maja 2022 o 10:24
>> Do: users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org>
>> mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org>>
>> Temat: Re: Cludstack vm backup
>>
