[ovirt-users] Regarding backing up of a VM

[Hemanth Nalluri]

Hello Maor,

I am worried, What happens if the storage domain fails. i.e what if the
harddisk where the storage domain is residing fails?.

I just wanted to have  a external backup.


Regards
Hemanth

Thanks & Regards
Hemanth Nalluri
+91 973 999 3635

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Maor Lipchuk <mlipchuk at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi Hemanth,
>
> What is the purpose you want to backup your VM?
> Today, there are several ways you can backup a VM:
>
> 1. Create a snapshot -
>       This way you backup your VM state and the data on the disks at a
> specific point in time while the VM can be running or not, the backup of
> the VM's disks will be reside on the same Storage Domain which the disks
> are reside on.
> 2. Create a Template -
>       It will preserve the VM configuration (memory and CPU) and also the
> disks, though it is a copy operation which might take time and the VM
> should be shut down in the process
> 3. Export the VM to an export domain -
>        This way your VM will be backed up in a different "special" Storage
> Domain, which can be moved between different setups and Data Centers. Your
> VM should be shutdown for this and this is also a copy operation which
> might be time consuming.
> 4. Import Storage Domain -
>        A new feature introduced in oVirt 3.5 is import Storage Domain,
> which intends to support disaster recovery to your oVirt setup.
>        One of its major features is that it backs up automatically, every
> 60 minutes, your VM's data in the Disks' Storage Domains.
>        The feature is only supported in 3.5 Data Center or up.
>        see at http://www.ovirt.org/Features/ImportStorageDomain for more
> details.
>        To see how to use it you can check out the following links:
>
> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/ImportStorageDomain#Work_flow_for_detach_and_attach_Storage_Domain_with_entities_-_UI_flow
>          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLcxDB0MY38
>
> Regards,
> Maor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hemanth Nalluri" <nallurihemanth at gmail.com>
> > To: users at ovirt.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 7:48:41 AM
> > Subject: [ovirt-users] Regarding backing up of a VM
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Can any one help me / tell me the steps to take a backup of a existing
> VM?.
> >
> > Thanks In Advance!.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks & Regards
> > Hemanth Nalluri
> > +91 973 999 3635
> >
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