For volume snapshot one can schedule it daily/weekly/monthly from GUI. You need to click on volume for same.
-- Makrand On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani < zai...@nocser.net> wrote: > Is it possible to run snapshot as auto (cron job)? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Makrand [mailto:makrandsa...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 2:02 PM > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot > > Snapshots capabilities are native to your hypervisor. ACS just uses API of > hypervisors to instruct it to perform snapshot. > The most popular snapshot is disk snapshot, where disk is cloned and > cloned disk copy moved to secondary storage via SSVM. This copy then can be > used to produce new volume or template. > > -- > Makrand > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Sergey Levitskiy < > sergey.levits...@autodesk.com> wrote: > > > There is an article about this > > http://cloud-mate.org/2015/06/enable-snapshot-kvm-cloudstack/ > > > > It seems VM snapshots are not supported in KVM. You can try tweaking a > > table hypervisor_capabilites and set vm_snapshot_enabled to 1 for > > hypervisor KVM but I doubt this will be successful. You probably are > > left with disk snapshots on KVM. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/19/16, 9:27 PM, "Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani" <zai...@nocser.net> > > wrote: > > > > I already enable snapshot and restart cloudstack management. But > > when I try to do snapshot got error (refer link: > > https://postimg.org/image/ uiz45le7r/). Any idea why? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani [mailto:zai...@nocser.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:07 PM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: RE: How to: Snapshot > > > > Thanks, Sergey. Much help. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sergey Levitskiy [mailto:sergey.levits...@autodesk.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:00 PM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot > > > > You might need to change global setting kvm.snapshot.enabled to > > True > > > > > > On 9/19/16, 8:57 PM, "Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani" > > <zai...@nocser.net> > > wrote: > > > > After stopping a instance/VM's, there are no icon for snapshot > > also (refer link: https://postimg.org/image/3lthssprd/). There can > > only do snapshot on volume. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani [mailto:zai...@nocser.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:55 AM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: RE: How to: Snapshot > > > > From what I see, it’s impossible to do snapshot on KVM while > > instance/VM’s still running. It’s need to stop and the icon will > > appear after instance/VM’s completely stop. > > > > > > > > From: Vivek Kumar [mailto:vivek.ku...@indiqus.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:50 AM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot > > > > > > > > No there is no icon , what hyperviser and cloud stack version > > are you using now ? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani < > > zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > wrote: > > > > Do you see any icon that can do VM’s snapshot from link below: > > > > https://postimg.org/image/5ks6qm1j9/ > > > > > > > > From: Vivek Kumar [mailto:vivek.ku...@indiqus.com <mailto: > > vivek.ku...@indiqus.com> ] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:40 AM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:users@cloudstack. > > apache.org> > > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot > > > > > > > > yes you can take it without shutting down the vm > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani < > > zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > > <mailto:zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > > wrote: > > > > From the link I saw need to stop VM’s. Is it possible to > > snapshot while VM’s still running?? > > > > > > > > From: Vivek Kumar [mailto:vivek.ku...@indiqus.com <mailto: > > vivek.ku...@indiqus.com> <mailto:vivek.ku...@indiqus.com <mailto: > > vivek.ku...@indiqus.com> > ] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:31 AM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:users@cloudstack. > > apache.org> <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto: > users@cloudstack. > > apache.org> > > > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot > > > > > > > > this link will help you. > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/ > > VM+Snapshots > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani < > > zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > > <mailto:zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > <mailto: > zai...@nocser.net <mailto: > > zai...@nocser.net> <mailto:zai...@nocser.net > > <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > > > > > wrote: > > > > How to do VM’s snapshot? > > > > > > > > From: Vivek Kumar [mailto:vivek.ku...@indiqus.com <mailto: > > vivek.ku...@indiqus.com> <mailto:vivek.ku...@indiqus.com <mailto: > > vivek.ku...@indiqus.com> > <mailto:vivek.ku...@indiqus.com <mailto: > > vivek.ku...@indiqus.com> <mailto:vivek.ku...@indiqus.com <mailto: > > vivek.ku...@indiqus.com> > > ] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:23 AM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:users@cloudstack. > > apache.org> <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto: > users@cloudstack. > > apache.org> > <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto: > > users@cloudstack.apache.org> <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org > <mailto: > > users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > > > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot > > > > > > > > Hello Zainal, > > > > > > > > There are two type of snapshot , > > > > > > > > 1- VM's snapshot > > > > 2- disk snapshot > > > > > > > > and yes you can take either VM's snapshot or disk snapshot > > from running vm's > > > > > > > > Vivek Kumar > > Virtualization and Cloud Consultant > > > > <http://www.indiqus.com/> > > IndiQus Technologies Pvt Ltd > > A-98, LGF, C.R.Park, New Delhi - 110019 > > O +91 11 4055 1411 | M +91 7503460090 > > <http://www.indiqus.com/> www.indiqus.com > > <http://www.indiqus.com> <http://www.indiqus.com> > > <http://www.indiqus.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani < > > zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > > <mailto:zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > <mailto: > zai...@nocser.net <mailto: > > zai...@nocser.net> <mailto:zai...@nocser.net > > <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > > > > <mailto:zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> <mailto: > > zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> > > > <mailto:zai...@nocser.net <mailto:zai...@nocser.net> <mailto: > zai...@nocser.net <mailto: > > zai...@nocser.net> > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Is it possible to do snapshot while instance is running? Or > > need to stop > > instance and do snapshot? 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