[ceph-users] Re: rbd image backup best practice

2020-11-30 Thread Marc Roos
I got a handy reply off list[1], which confirms a bit the direction I was looking for. I am just wondering if there are some handy ceph specific things that can be used to optimize such a process. Eg I am using rbd images with minimum features[2] because I am still using the 3.10 kernel, I ha

[ceph-users] Re: rbd image backup best practice

2020-11-30 Thread Janne Johansson
Den fre 27 nov. 2020 kl 23:21 skrev Marc Roos : > Is there a best practice or guide for backuping rbd images? > One would think that most things that apply to an iscsi mounted device would be equally valid for an RBD mount, so you might look into that for hints and tips on how to backup remote ne

[ceph-users] Re: rbd image backup best practice

2020-11-30 Thread Eugen Block
Hi, I'm not aware of guides or best practices, only shared user experience. Some users consider a mirrored rbd image a backup but you'll need a second cluster for that. We backup (rbd export of full image) our most important VMs to an external drive. Regards, Eugen Zitat von Marc Roos :