Re: [ovirt-users] NFS Storage domain backup

On 31/10/14 10:13, Mohyedeen Nazzal wrote: > I'm using NFS storage domain, is it possible to backup the domain manually? > or is there an api in ovirt which support this? > > For manual backup, is possible to use tools like rsync ? or the data will > not be consistent ? > > Any idea of possible solutions for this?;as we don't have dedicated storage > box. Just detach the storage domain (for consistency). Than you can "tar" the whole thing, maybe other methods work too, but most do not very well when it comes to sparse files. Use tar with the "-S" flag. HTH PS: There is also a backup api and you can try to backup running vms with live snapshots. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Regards Sven Kieske Systemadministrator Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG Königsberger Straße 6 32339 Espelkamp T: +49-5772-293-100 F: +49-5772-293-333 https://www.mittwald.de Geschäftsführer: Robert Meyer St.Nr.: 331/5721/1033, USt-IdNr.: DE814773217, HRA 6640, AG Bad Oeynhausen Komplementärin: Robert Meyer Verwaltungs GmbH, HRB 13260, AG Bad Oeynhausen _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users