Re: [Openstack-operators] Ocata instance snapshot

2017-06-23 Thread Saverio Proto
Hello Ignazio, do you mean the instance has booted from volume ? when is booted from volume this 0 bytes glance image is created together with a cinder snapshot. I wrote about it for my openstack users here: https://help.switch.ch/engines/documentation/backup-with-snapshots/ I think that is by

Re: [Openstack-operators] Ocata instance snapshot

2017-06-23 Thread Ignazio Cassano
I created the instance from an image and the instance has an attached volume (it is NOT ephemeral). I checked that in this case it makes a volume snapshot (probably because the istance is attached to a volume) but also an empty image (why ?) In the case the instance is ethemeral (no volumes attach

Re: [Openstack-operators] Ocata instance snapshot

2017-06-23 Thread Ahmed Mostafa
What do you mean by the instance has an attached volume ? Have you started the instance from a volume ? On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Ignazio Cassano wrote: > Hi All, > using ocata dashboard I am trying to create instance snapshots. > If the instance has an attached volume, the image created

[Openstack-operators] Ocata instance snapshot

2017-06-22 Thread Ignazio Cassano
Hi All, using ocata dashboard I am trying to create instance snapshots. If the instance has an attached volume, the image created is empty. If the instance does not have an attached volume, the image created is not empty. This is by design or I must change my configuration ? Regards Ignazio __