If you know the name of the VM then you can find it, including its id, doing a search:
https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api/vms?search=name%3Dmyvm
Thanks for the above info. It worked.
If you prefer to use a script, which is probably the right thing, then you can do something like this, using the Python SDK:
Can I shedule a VM backup with Ovirt Manager GUI. If possible, Pls let me know.
---8<--- #!/usr/bin/python
from ovirtsdk.api import API from ovirtsdk.xml import params
# Connect to the server: api = API( url="https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api", username="admin@internal", password="******", ca_file="/etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem", debug=False )
# Find the VM: vm = api.vms.get(name="myvm")
# Print the id: print(vm.get_id())
# Disconnect: api.disconnect() --->8---
Many thanks for the above script. I ran it on Ovirt manager. It worked. It gave me the ID of my CentOS_71 VM that I want to backup.
Once you have the VM you can create a snapshot like this:
---8<--- vm.snapshots.add( params.Snapshot(description="My snapshot") ) --->8---
I rewrote the script in this way and ran it. #!/usr/bin/python from ovirtsdk.api import API from ovirtsdk.xml import params # Connect to the server: api = API( url="https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api", username="admin@internal", password="******", ca_file="/etc/pki/ovirt-
engine/ca.pem", debug=False )
# Find the VM: vm = api.vms.get(name="myvm")
# Print the id: print(vm.get_id())
*vm.snapshots.add( params.Snapshot(description="My snapshot") )*
*# Disconnect: api.disconnect()*
No error was given. I have no idea whether snapshot wad added or NOT by the above script. I can't display it. *How to display it? * Then, *How to backup the VM with this snaphot? * Then, finally* how to delete this snapshot? *to delete the snapshot, I tried with below command. the did NOT worked. *vm.snapshots.delete() *or *vm.snapshots.detach(* or *vm.snapshots.remove(* I think I am have completed about 50% of this backup process. If you can write down the above steps, It would be very grateful. I searched a whole lot. But , I still can't do it. These are the links I came across. https://github.com/laravot/backuprestoreapi/blob/master/example.py http://www.ovirt.org/Testing/PythonApi#Create_a_Basic_Environment_using_ovir... this is your one http://users.ovirt.narkive.com/Z29BQWAD/ovirt-users-python-sdk-attach-disk-s... Hmm, *How to list the sanphot? * *how to backup the VM with snapshot? * *finally , how to remove this snapshot? * Then. I think it will be OVER. Yesterday, I tried a lot. but, NO success. Hope to hear from you.
You can also use the Java SDK, if you prefer Java.
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