Nux, I agree that we need to push that - but since I'm not a develoepr, no reall use of me :) If I need to push somewhere, just let me know. Anyway, user want a single click SNAPSHOT - and an option for revert - talking about public cloud....
Cheers On 31 October 2014 16:18, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > Andrija, > > AFAIK you can't snapshot all the volumes in the exact same moment, but I > am not sure if it really needed in your case. > VM snapshot it's what you would need, only supported for Xenserver and > VMware; we need to push for VM snapshot for KVM as well, I know it's > possible as I have done it manually with "virsh". > > There are different ways around a problem though, if you are running mysql > with innodb for example you could just do a mysqldump (with > --single-transaction to avoid locking the tables). > > HTH > Lucian > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrija Panic" <andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Sent: Friday, 31 October, 2014 15:10:26 > > Subject: Re: XenServer > > > Nux, > > > > I understand this - but a question for you - you have i.e. 3 volumes > > attached to a VM - how do you snapshot those and make sure they are > > snapshoted in the EXACT same moment, to preserve data integrity of the > data > > inside VM - you have i.e. database files on 1 volume, database logs on > > another. > > > > This is a reall question, not kidding ? What I know, you can turnoff VM, > > and then snapshot one by one - but this is not the goal of the > > snapshotting... > > ? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > On 31 October 2014 16:06, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > > > >> Andrija, > >> > >> You can still do volume snapshotting with KVM, works fine. > >> > >> > http://www.nux.ro/archive/2014/01/Taking_KVM_volume_snapshots_with_Cloudstack_4_2_on_CentOS_6_5.html > >> > >> All we need is a way to quickly restore the volume, some guys at > leaseweb > >> were working on something like this, hope to see this feature in future > >> versions. > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > >> > >> Nux! > >> www.nux.ro > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Andrija Panic" <andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > >> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> > Sent: Friday, 31 October, 2014 09:37:49 > >> > Subject: Re: XenServer > >> > >> > My vote also for KVM snapshooting - having all the nice fetaures, but > >> > without basic virtualization stuff like snapshotting - it simply > drives > >> me > >> > and our client nuts... > >> > > >> > On 31 October 2014 10:03, Andrei Mikhailovsky <and...@arhont.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> Is there a feature request for this support or should we open one? I > >> would > >> >> like to see this implemented for KVM. > >> >> > >> >> Andrei > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> > >> >> > From: "Nux!" <n...@li.nux.ro> > >> >> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> >> > Sent: Thursday, 30 October, 2014 11:25:10 PM > >> >> > Subject: Re: XenServer > >> >> > >> >> > Andrei, I am hopeful the next incarnation of XenServer will be much > >> >> > better/modern, with support for CEPH, GlusterFS etc. > >> >> > >> >> > Re KVM snapshotting, KVM can do live snapshots of the > volumes+memory > >> >> > (you can do it with "virsh"), but ACS doesn't support it; forgot > >> >> > why. > >> >> > >> >> > Lucian > >> >> > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > >> >> > >> >> > Nux! > >> >> > www.nux.ro > >> >> > >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> > > From: "Andrei Mikhailovsky" <and...@arhont.com> > >> >> > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> >> > > Sent: Thursday, 30 October, 2014 21:24:06 > >> >> > > Subject: Re: XenServer > >> >> > >> >> > > I would happily switch to XenServer once they will have ceph > >> >> > > support. I do > >> >> > > prefer XenServer and the feature list of ACS + XenServer is a bit > >> >> > > better. > >> >> > > > >> >> > > It sucks not having proper snapshotting in KVM where one can > create > >> >> > > the whole vm > >> >> > > snapshot (volumes + memory) very quickly without the need to > bother > >> >> > > snapshotting every volume and wait for ages. > >> >> > > > >> >> > > Andrei > >> >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> > > > >> >> > >> From: "motty cruz" <motty.c...@gmail.com> > >> >> > >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> >> > >> Sent: Thursday, 30 October, 2014 8:43:32 PM > >> >> > >> Subject: Re: XenServer > >> >> > > > >> >> > >> I am no expert by any means but my personal opinion, I really > like > >> >> > >> XenServer a lot better. I have a cluster of about 5 machines > >> >> > >> running > >> >> > >> KVM, > >> >> > >> ACS 4.3. I unable to do snapshot, migrating VMs from one host to > >> >> > >> another > >> >> > >> takes a long time. I had a very bad experience with "Balloon > >> >> > >> driver", > >> >> > >> I am > >> >> > >> traumatize using KVM. > >> >> > > > >> >> > >> XenServer don't need to install cloudstack agent is already > >> >> > >> integrated. I > >> >> > >> am very happy with XenServer. I still need to work out a few > >> >> > >> lingering > >> >> > >> issues but thus far am a happy person. > >> >> > > > >> >> > >> Thanks, > >> >> > >> -Motty > >> >> > > > >> >> > >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Andrei Mikhailovsky > >> >> > >> <and...@arhont.com> > >> >> > >> wrote: > >> >> > > > >> >> > >> > I wold love to see the ability to do proper snapshotting on > KVM. > >> >> > >> > XenServer > >> >> > >> > does it so much better! > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > > From: "Vladimir Melnik" <v.mel...@uplink.ua> > >> >> > >> > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> >> > >> > > Sent: Thursday, 30 October, 2014 8:09:17 PM > >> >> > >> > > Subject: RE: XenServer > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > > Oh, thank you so much, folks, for your replies on this > topic! > >> >> > >> > > Now > >> >> > >> > > I > >> >> > >> > > understand that I shouldn't migrate to XenServer, as I > already > >> >> > >> > > have > >> >> > >> > > a bunch of hosts running KVM and it really won't be a good > >> >> > >> > > idea > >> >> > >> > > to > >> >> > >> > > bread such a zoo. > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > > The only thing that makes me feel envy is an ability to > change > >> >> > >> > > configuration of a virtual machine without restarting it. > As I > >> >> > >> > > know, > >> >> > >> > > KVM doesn't support it yet, am I right? Other XenServer > >> >> > >> > > features > >> >> > >> > > don't seem to be so exciting to me :) > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > > One more time - thanks to all who have helped me to decide > not > >> >> > >> > > to > >> >> > >> > > do > >> >> > >> > > something that I would regret. > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > > Best regards, > >> >> > >> > > V. > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > > > >> >> > >> -- > >> >> > >> Thanks for your support, > >> >> > > > Motty > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > Andrija Panić > >> > -------------------------------------- > >> > http://admintweets.com > >> > -------------------------------------- > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Andrija Panić > > -------------------------------------- > > http://admintweets.com > > -------------------------------------- > -- Andrija Panić -------------------------------------- http://admintweets.com --------------------------------------
