Thanks, I will add this information to the documentation patch proposed
here: https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/50098/
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 4:07 PM, Tom Pantelis <tompante...@gmail.com> wrote:
> yes - directory. Backup file name doesn't matter. You put the file in that
> directory and it's read on startup and then deleted. However the journal
> and snapshots must be empty or else it won't restore.
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Lori Jakab <lorand.jakab+...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Tom Pantelis <tompante...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You restore by putting the backup file in
>>> $KARAF_HOME/clustered-datastore-restore
>>> (create it)
>>>
>>
>> I assume `clustered-datastore-restore` is a directory. Does the backup
>> file name matter?
>>
>> -Lori
>>
>>
>>> , delete journal and snapshots directories and start karaf.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 5:20 AM, David Suarez Fuentes <
>>> david.suarez.fuen...@ericsson.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Lori to point out to this API method. By looking at the methods
>>>> offered by the cluster-admin module, what I cannot see is the "restore"
>>>> method. Can someone tell us where we can find this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> David.
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *De:* controller-dev-boun...@lists.opendaylight.org <
>>>> controller-dev-boun...@lists.opendaylight.org> en nombre de Lori Jakab
>>>> <lorand.jakab+...@gmail.com>
>>>> *Enviado:* miércoles, 11 de enero de 2017 21:31:44
>>>> *Para:* Miguel Angel Muñoz Gonzalez
>>>> *Cc:* disc...@lists.opendaylight.org; controller-dev@lists.opendayli
>>>> ght.org
>>>> *Asunto:* Re: [controller-dev] Backup and Restore
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 8:39 PM, Miguel Angel Muñoz Gonzalez <
>>>> miguel.angel.munoz.gonza...@ericsson.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> We are trying to implement a backup/restore mechanism for ODL. I have
>>>>> not found much information about it in pipermail history except some
>>>>> questions and brief proposals (such as generating an snapshot and storing
>>>>> in a particular file, using an external database,…). I would appreciate if
>>>>> someone familiar with the topic could give us some hints on it:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - Is it possible to backup MDSAL Configuration datastore as
>>>>> of today? (I suppose it’s a matter of backing up leveldb files)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - If so, how can we guarantee that the backup is correct
>>>>> and/or consistent while it is running traffic and datastore is being
>>>>> modified?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - Supposedly there is a working mechanism consisting on:
>>>>> stopping ODL, copying the files manually and start it up… However, it
>>>>> would
>>>>> nice to know if there a more sophisticated mechanism to backup the
>>>>> datastore, especially if it does not imply stopping ODL. E.g. a particular
>>>>> API or tool that can be called to perform this activity?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I hope more knowledgeable people will give you a detailed answer, but
>>>> there is one RPC that allows creating a backup of ODL while it is running:
>>>>
>>>> POST /restconf/operations/cluster-admin:backup-datastore
>>>>
>>>> Where the message body looks like this:
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>> "input": {
>>>> "file-path": "/tmp/datastore_backup"
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Since the datastore is transaction based, I assume this will save data
>>>> up to the last successful transaction, but don't quote me on that.
>>>>
>>>> One of the main issues with backup/restore, AFAIK is the possibility
>>>> that a schema (YANG model) may change between the backup and restore, and
>>>> how to handle that.
>>>>
>>>> -Lori
>>>>
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>>
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