Isn't commvault integrating with ACS/CCP? Thought I heard about it. We are really interested in a backup solution as well. Something like how Veeam integrates with vCloud.
On Saturday, January 31, 2015, Erik Weber <terbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > You'll probably have an easier time finding something that can backup your > hypervisor, if image/vm backup is what you're looking for. > > A backup software that leveraged the ACS API only doesn't have much options > besides using snapshots (AFAIK), and those you already have. > > If you're looking for something that can backup inside the guest vm I guess > that could be doable by leveraging the event bus. > Haven't seen any backup software that does it yet though. > > -- > Erik > > > On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 1:16 AM, Timothy Lothering < > tlother...@datacentrix.co.za <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Thanks for the feedback, I will dig deeper to see what else can be done. > > Looks like I will need to start playing with APIs..... > > > > Regards, > > > > Timothy Lothering > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrei Mikhailovsky [mailto:and...@arhont.com <javascript:;>] > > Sent: 30 January 2015 04:47 PM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;> > > Subject: Re: Backup Solution in Cloudstack > > > > As far as I know there is no such solution which is integrated with ACS, > > which is a shame. I would also like to see this issue being addressed by > > the acs. > > > > Having said this, I think the job of acs is orchestration and doesn't > > include the backup functionality within the guest vm. You might want to > > implement a 3rd party backup solution to provide additional backup > > functionality for the granular file recovery. > > > > If you are using XenServer with ACS, the snapshotting is pretty good and > > spot on. I think it covers the need for majority of clients. You can > create > > scheduled backups for volumes and also vms, including memory > snapshotting. > > It works pretty well and is also quick. > > > > In comparison, the KVM snapshotting is awful, broken, slow and just > > unusable even for small deployments. Try creating a snapshot schedule to > > take volume snapshots of let's say 10 volumes at about the same time. > Your > > acs will be brought down to its knees. I am frequently seeing host > > disconnects when I have several snapshots running at the same time. > > > > Andrei > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Adrian Lewis" <adr...@alsiconsulting.co.uk <javascript:;>> > > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;> > > > Sent: Friday, 30 January, 2015 12:13:44 PM > > > Subject: RE: Backup Solution in Cloudstack > > > > > I’m finding that there’s nothing (for our requirements at least) > > > unless you go direct to the hypervisors or the VM OS instances using > > > agents. > > > Keen to > > > know if anyone’s found better solutions. Think there might be some > > > solutions if you’re only using VMware but I’ve ignored them as we’re > > > using Xenserver. Not heard of any commercial products that actually > > > ‘integrate’ > > > with CS unfortunately. 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