Dear all,
>The system does backups and currently is implemented using mysqldump and
percona xtrabackup.
>....
>A backup snapshot[1] is a copy of the database data that is stored on the
volume or locally on the instance and backed up to swift at a point in time.

I have a follow-up question to this.

If I delete the database instace (e.g. the virtual machine - in which there
is the engine MySQL and the Trove's Guest Agent - and the volume attached)
by accident, how can I restore that instance even if I have a backup of the
database?

Thanks,
Giuseppe


2013/11/8 Craig Vyvial <[email protected]>

> A snapshot and backup are basically analogous terms in trove.
>
> A backup snapshot[1] is a copy of the database data that is stored on the
> volume or locally on the instance and backed up to swift at a point in time.
> Trove stores the location of the backup so that a user can restore a
> database to a new instance.
>
> There is another blueprint to support incremental backups.[2] Which will
> allow point in time restore/recovery of data.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/trove/+spec/consistent-snapshots
> [2] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/trove/+spec/incremental-backups
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:05 AM, Giuseppe Galeota <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Can you give me a simple workflow that explains the process of a
>> backup/snapshot?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Giuseppe
>>
>>
>> 2013/11/6 Giuseppe Galeota <[email protected]>
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> what is the difference between Snapshot and Backup in the context of
>>> Trove (o Redwwarf) database backups that I see 
>>> here<https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Trove/snapshot-design>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Is it maybe the following:
>>> - backup = copy of volume in which data are stored;
>>> - snapshot = copy of volume plus virtual machine used to host the engine?
>>>
>>> Are they the same concept?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Giuseppe
>>>
>>
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