On 06/13/2014 10:43 AM, Michael Ablassmeier wrote: It should be something like this: #!/usr/bin/python import ovirtsdk.api import ovirtsdk.xml api = ovirtsdk.api.API( url="https://fedora.example.com/ovirt-engine/api";, username="admin@internal", password="****", insecure=True, debug=False ) # Find the snapshot that contains the disk that we want to backup: vm = api.vms.get("myvm") snaps = vm.snapshots.list() snap = None for current in snaps: if current.get_description() == "mysnap": snap = current # Find the disk that we want to backup: disks = snap.disks.list() disk = None for current in disks: if current.get_name() == "mydisk": disk = current # Find the backup appliance VM: appliance = api.vms.get("backupvm") # Attach the disk to the backup appliance: appliance.disks.add(disk) # Tell the backup appliance to perform the backup, connecting # with SSH, or with any other way that the backup appliance # supports. # Bye: api.disconnect() With a similar script you can also disconnect the disk from the backup appliance. -- Dirección Comercial: C/Jose Bardasano Baos, 9, Edif. Gorbea 3, planta 3ºD, 28016 Madrid, Spain Inscrita en el Reg. Mercantil de Madrid – C.I.F. B82657941 - Red Hat S.L.