> Op 12 juli 2016 om 5:58 schreef Paul Shadwell <p...@shadwell.ch>: > > > This is a feature that has been missing from Cloudstack since the beginning > when using KVM as the hypervisor. > It's been asked for many times but still no support. > This would be a huge plus for Cloudstack if this feature was added and make > it a much more viable product for end users. > KVM is usually chosen because 1: it's free 2: it has many features that make > it a much better choice for large installations. > Many have ended up either writing their own VM snapshot solution, or simply > hiding the icon from the customer. > I'm surprised that after years of waiting for this feature to be added, it's > still missing. > I know it's not totally the Cloudstack Dev team's fault that VM Snapshots are > missing from KVM support but I do think this is a list opportunity for a big > win if they did something about it. > > Just my 2 penneth on this subject that has plagued me on a daily basis > supporting Cloudstack installs. >
The problem is that KVM ONLY supports full VM snapshots with QCOW2 and not with RBD. You have to store the memory contents somewhere and only QCOW2 supports it. An true, it's a lack of time. A lot of stuff needs to be done. Wido > Regards > Paul > > > > On Jul 12, 2016, at 05:19, ilya <ilya.mailing.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Just FYI: > > > > You can ask on this list for sponsored feature development if this is > > something that needs prompt resolution. > > > > Regards > > ilya > > > >> On 7/8/16 7:07 PM, 吕海蛟 wrote: > >> Hi, Developers > >> > >> > >> > >> We deployed ACS+KVM+Ceph in our environment. Everything looks fine > >> except the VM snapshot feature (not volume backup) is missing in current > >> ACS version which seems only supported by XenServer/ESXi. > >> > >> > >> > >> Wondering if we can have this on the roadmap as well. @Wido, do you > >> have any plan ? > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks ! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> private cloud2 *We Deliver Enterprise-Grade Cloud !* > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> *吕海蛟* > >> > >> *Product Engineering & Innovation Center (PEIC)* > >> > >> *华胜蓝泰科技（天津）有限责任公司* > >> > >> * * > >> > >> *上海闵行区合川路**2679**号虹桥国际商务广场**B**栋**601**室* > >> > >> *邮编：**201103* > >> > >> *Office: +86-21-62351222* > >> > >> *Mobile: +86-18602198181* > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >
