[ovirt-users] CBT question

[Yaniv Kaul]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Demeter Tibor <tdemeter at itsmart.hu> wrote:

> Dear Yaniv,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> I have to backup ~35 VM those used around 7 TB disk. Could you show me an
> usable solution/script/software for backup these VMs?
>
> I don't want to backup fulls in everyday because it takes too long time
> and space...
>

Of course. You backup snapshots.
You can integrate with the backup API. See[1].
You can see an implementation by the community[2].
Y.


[1]
https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Backups_and_Migration/#backing-up-and-restoring-virtual-machines-using-the-backup-and-restore-api
[2] https://github.com/wefixit-AT/oVirtBackup


>
> Thanks in advance,
> R
> Tibor
>
>
>
> ----- 2017. szept.. 11., 16:14, Yaniv Kaul <ykaul at redhat.com> írta:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Demeter Tibor <tdemeter at itsmart.hu>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Listmembers,
>>
>> Somebody know when will be available the CBT (changed block tracking)
>> feature in ovirt/rhev?
>>
>
> It has to be implemented first in QEMU - where it is still being worked on.
> We plan to take advantage of it after it is ready in QEMU (and libvirt of
> course).
>
>
>> We looking for an usable backup solution for our ovirt guests, but I've
>> see, there are some API limitation yet.
>>
>
> But nevertheless there are various backup solutions that can be used
> today, even if not as efficient as CBT.
> Y.
>
>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> R
>>
>> Tibor
>>
>>
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