[Users] Backup functionality via Acronis and extracting snapshots

[David Wilson]

Hi guys,

I am looking for a simple way to backup guest images.
What is the recommended/best method to copy vm snapshots from oVirt? I 
am hoping to copy to an NFS share (export domain) if possible? From what 
I've seen it is possible when using qemu-img when not using oVirt.... is 
it possible to do something similar with oVirt?




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David Wilson
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On 06/15/2012 03:47 PM, David Wilson wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> A quick check up on this one? Has anyone used Acronis with oVirt?
>
>
> Get important Linux and industry-related news at: facebook.com/dcdata 
> <http://facebook.com/dcdata>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> David Wilson
> CNS,CLS, LINUX+, CLA, DCTS, LPIC3
> *LinuxTech CC t/a DcData*
> CK number: 2001/058368/23
> *Website:* 	http://www.dcdata.co.za
> *Support:* 	+27(0)860-1-LINUX
> *Mobile:* 	+27(0)824147413
> *Tel:* 	+27(0)333446100
> *Fax:* 	+27(0)866878971
>
>
> On 06/13/2012 06:57 AM, David Wilson wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> First off well done to the oVirt contributors - it is an excellent 
>> product!
>>
>> Has anyone tested Acronis Backup and Recovery with oVirt?
>> I am looking for a reliable way to backup guest oVirt disk images, 
>> config and state. So far I've tried the popular script by Daniel 
>> Berteaud 'virt-backup.pl'  which works very well for our standard KVM 
>> systems but I found that I had to disable libvirtd's SASL 
>> authentication which caused oVirt to lose connectivity to the node 
>> and oVirt to fence the node.
>> I thought I'd try a manual 'virsh save' but that causes oVirt to 
>> believe that the guest has gone down which causes the guest to be 
>> automatically migrated (I am running 2 nodes).
>>
>> What experience have you had with backing up guests? I am not sure if 
>> Acronis is the best way forward?
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>
>> Get important Linux and industry-related news at: facebook.com/dcdata 
>> <http://facebook.com/dcdata>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> David Wilson
>> CNS,CLS, LINUX+, CLA, DCTS, LPIC3
>> *LinuxTech CC t/a DcData*
>> CK number: 2001/058368/23
>> *Website:* 	http://www.dcdata.co.za
>> *Support:* 	+27(0)860-1-LINUX
>> *Mobile:* 	+27(0)824147413
>> *Tel:* 	+27(0)333446100
>> *Fax:* 	+27(0)866878971
>>
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