Hi Thomas/plysan oVirt has the Backup/Restore api designated to provide the capabilities to backup/restore a vm. see here: http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Backup-Restore_API_Integration
----- Original Message ----- > From: "plysan" <ply...@gmail.com> > To: "Thomas Keppler (PEBA)" <thomas.kepp...@kit.edu> > Cc: users@ovirt.org > Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 3:51:24 AM > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Backup solution using the API > > Hi, > > For the live-backup, i think you can make a live snapshot of the vm, and then > clone a new vm from that snapshot, after that you can do export. > > 2014-11-27 23:12 GMT+08:00 Keppler, Thomas (PEBA) < thomas.kepp...@kit.edu > > : > > > > Hello, > > now that our oVirt Cluster runs great, I'd like to know if anybody has done a > backup solution for oVirt before. > > My basic idea goes as follows: > - Create a JSON file with machine's preferences for later restore, create a > snapshot, snatch the disk by its disk-id (copy it to the fileserver), then > deleting the snapshot and be done with it. > - On restore I'd just create a new VM with the Disks and NICs specified in > the preferences; then I'd go ahead and and put back the disk... t > > I've played a little bit around with building a JSON file and so far it works > great; I haven't tried to make a VM with that, though... > > Using the export domain or a simple export command is not what I want since > you'd have to turn off the machine to do that - AFAIK. Correct me if that > should not be true. > > Now, before I go into any more hassle, has somebody else of you done a > live-backup solution for oVirt? Are there any recommendations? Thanks for > any help provided! > > Best regards > Thomas Keppler > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users