[ovirt-users] looking for some ISV backup software which integrates the backup API

[Liron Aravot]

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Pavel Gashev <Pax at acronis.com> wrote:

> Nathanaël,
>
>
> I can share my backup experience. The current backup/restore api
> integration is not optimal for incremental backups. It's ok to read the
> whole disk if you backup it first time, but you have to read the whole disk
> each time to find changes for incremental backups. It creates huge disk
> load.
>
> For optimal backups it's necessary to keep a list of changed blocks since
> previous backup.
> See http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/IncrementalBackup
>
> Since it's not implemented in oVirt the best option is to run a backup
> agent inside VM. Yes, it's not very convenient, but it's necessary yet.
>
>
>
>
> On 05/04/16 21:32, "users-bounces at ovirt.org on behalf of Nathanaël
> Blanchet" <users-bounces at ovirt.org on behalf of blanchet at abes.fr> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >We are about to change our backup provider, and I find it is a great
> >chance to choose a full supported ovirt backup solution.
> >I currently use this python script vm-backup-scheduler
> >(https://github.com/wefixit-AT/oVirtBackup) but it is not the workflow
> >officially suggested by the community
> >(
> https://www.ovirt.org/develop/release-management/features/storage/backup-restore-api-integration/
> ).
> >
> >I've been looking for a long time an ISV who supports such an API, but
> >the only one I found  is this one :
> >Acronis Backup Advanced suggested here
> >
> https://access.redhat.com/ecosystem/search/#/ecosystem/Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Virtualization?category=Software
> >I ran the trial version, but it doesn't seem to do better than the
> >vm-backup-scheduler script, and it doesn't seem to use the backup API
> >(attach a clone as a disk to an existing vm).
> >Can you suggest me some other ISV solutions, if they ever exist... or
> >share me your backup experience?
>

Hi Nathnael,
In addition to Acronis, you can also check
SEP - Hybrid Backup
Symantec Net Backup
CommVault - Simpana

thanks,
Liron


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