--_000_687766E0007010429FBFF98CA70824887896D9mcexch01mcongroup_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all, ovirt: 3.5 gluster: 3.6.1 OS: CentOS 7 (except ovirt hosted engine =3D centos 6.6) i spent quite a while researching backup and restore for VMs right now, so = far I have come up with this as a start for us - API calls to create schedule snapshots of virtual machines This is or short term storage and to guard against accidential deletion wit= hin the VM but not for storage corruption - Since we are using a gluster backend, gluster snapshots I wasn't able so far to really test it since the LV needs to be thin provis= ioned and we did not do that in the setup For the API calls we have the problem that we can not find any existing scr= ipts or something like that to do those snapshots (and i/we are not develop= ers enough to do that). As an additional information, we have a ZFS based storage with deduplicatio= n that we use for other backup purposes which does a great job especially b= ecause of the deduplication (we can storage generations of backups without = problems), this storage can be NFS exported and used as backup repository. Are there any backup and restore procedure you guys are using for backup an= d restore that works for you and can you point me into the right direction = ? I am a little bit list right now and would appreciate any help. Regards Soeren --_000_687766E0007010429FBFF98CA70824887896D9mcexch01mcongroup_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"=
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</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">OS: CentOS 7 (except ovirt host= ed engine =3D centos 6.6)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">i spent quite a while researchi= ng backup and restore for VMs right now, so far I have come up with this as= a start for us<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level= 1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang=3D"EN-US"><span style=3D"mso-list:I= gnore">-<span style=3D"font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> = </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=3D"EN-US">API calls to create sch= edule snapshots of virtual machines<br> This is or short term storage and to guard against accidential deletion wit= hin the VM but not for storage corruption<br> <br> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level= 1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang=3D"EN-US"><span style=3D"mso-list:I= gnore">-<span style=3D"font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> = </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=3D"EN-US">Since we are using a gl= uster backend, gluster snapshots<br> I wasn’t able so far to really test it since the LV needs to be thin =
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">gluster: 3.6.1<o:p></o:p></span= provisioned and we did not do that in the setup<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">For the API calls we have the p= roblem that we can not find any existing scripts or something like that to = do those snapshots (and i/we are not developers enough to do that).<o:p></o= :p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">As an additional information, w= e have a ZFS based storage with deduplication that we use for other backup = purposes which does a great job especially because of the deduplication (we= can storage generations of backups without problems), this storage can be NFS exported and used as backup rep= ository.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Are there any backup and restor= e procedure you guys are using for backup and restore that works for you an= d can you point me into the right direction ?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">I am a little bit list right no= w and would appreciate any help.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Soeren<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_687766E0007010429FBFF98CA70824887896D9mcexch01mcongroup_--