This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040605080700000908060604 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All, 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. /<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 ? <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 ? <lpeer> deepakcs: hey, we do not have direct backup from snapshot <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, ? <lpeer> deepakcs: yes you are right we are working on a backup solution <lpeer> deepakcs: abaron ping <lpeer> deepakcs: abaron can give you more information on the backup API we are working on <deepakcs> lpeer, okay, is there any wiki page on this on ovirt wiki ? <lpeer> deepakcs: I can't find one but it is better to write a question to the users mailling list <deepakcs> lpeer, thanks / 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 ? thanx, deepak --------------040605080700000908060604 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <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> <br> <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 <br> </i><br> <br> 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> <br> </tt> </body> </html> --------------040605080700000908060604--