[ovirt-users] Backup solution using the API

[Liron Aravot]

Hi Thomas/plysan
oVirt has the Backup/Restore api designated to provide the capabilities to backup/restore a vm.
see here:
http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Backup-Restore_API_Integration

----- Original Message -----
> From: "plysan" <plysab at gmail.com>
> To: "Thomas Keppler (PEBA)" <thomas.keppler at kit.edu>
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 3:51:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Backup solution using the API
> 
> Hi,
> 
> For the live-backup, i think you can make a live snapshot of the vm, and then
> clone a new vm from that snapshot, after that you can do export.
> 
> 2014-11-27 23:12 GMT+08:00 Keppler, Thomas (PEBA) < thomas.keppler at kit.edu >
> :
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> now that our oVirt Cluster runs great, I'd like to know if anybody has done a
> backup solution for oVirt before.
> 
> My basic idea goes as follows:
> - Create a JSON file with machine's preferences for later restore, create a
> snapshot, snatch the disk by its disk-id (copy it to the fileserver), then
> deleting the snapshot and be done with it.
> - On restore I'd just create a new VM with the Disks and NICs specified in
> the preferences; then I'd go ahead and and put back the disk... t
> 
> I've played a little bit around with building a JSON file and so far it works
> great; I haven't tried to make a VM with that, though...
> 
> Using the export domain or a simple export command is not what I want since
> you'd have to turn off the machine to do that - AFAIK. Correct me if that
> should not be true.
> 
> Now, before I go into any more hassle, has somebody else of you done a
> live-backup solution for oVirt? Are there any recommendations? Thanks for
> any help provided!
> 
> Best regards
> Thomas Keppler
> 
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