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<tt>Hi All,<br>
I was advised on #ovirt IRC to send a mail to know more on the
new changes happening in the oVirt backup / restore area. Below is
the IRC chatlog for reference.<br>
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<i><deepakcs> Hello, i was looking for info on how VM
backups work in ovirt env. From the docs, it seems one has to
export the VM to the export domain and then backup from there ?
<br>
<deepakcs> Exporting VM to export domain does a full copy
of the vm image, is it possible to do backup from a snapshot if
i had one, in ovirt setup ?
<br>
<br>
<lpeer> deepakcs: hey, we do not have direct backup from
snapshot
<br>
<br>
<deepakcs> lpeer, but that means.. anytime we need to
backup, we are creating a full copy which is taking much more
space.. having backups from snapshot is more preferred, space
and timewise, ?
<br>
<br>
<lpeer> deepakcs: yes you are right we are working on a
backup solution
<br>
<lpeer> deepakcs: abaron ping
<br>
<br>
<lpeer> deepakcs: abaron can give you more information on
the backup API we are working on
<br>
<br>
<deepakcs> lpeer, okay, is there any wiki page on this on
ovirt wiki ?
<br>
<br>
<lpeer> deepakcs: I can't find one but it is better to
write a question to the users mailling list
<br>
<deepakcs> lpeer, thanks
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</i><br>
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I was wondering if anyone has more info on what being proposed
and/or changed in the backup/restore area, what to look forward to
?<br>
<br>
thanx,<br>
deepak<br>
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