Re: [ceph-users] Backup VM (Base image + snapshot)

2017-10-20 Thread Maged Mokhtar
Hi all, Can export-diff work effectively without the fast-diff rbd feature as it is not supported in kernel rbd ? Maged On 2017-10-19 23:18, Oscar Segarra wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Thanks a lot for sharing your experience... I have made deeper investigation > and it looks export-diff is

Re: [ceph-users] Backup VM (Base image + snapshot)

2017-10-19 Thread Oscar Segarra
Hi Richard, Thanks a lot for sharing your experience... I have made deeper investigation and it looks export-diff is the most common tool used for backup as you have suggested. I will make some tests with export-diff and I will share my experience. Again, thanks a lot! 2017-10-16 12:00

Re: [ceph-users] Backup VM (Base image + snapshot)

2017-10-16 Thread Richard Hesketh
On 16/10/17 03:40, Alex Gorbachev wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Oscar Segarra > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In my VDI environment I have configured the suggested ceph >> design/arquitecture: >> >> http://docs.ceph.com/docs/giant/rbd/rbd-snapshot/ >> >> Where I have

Re: [ceph-users] Backup VM (Base image + snapshot)

2017-10-15 Thread Oscar Segarra
Hi, you are right... the correct url is the following: http://docs.ceph.com/docs/luminous/rbd/rbd-snapshot/ But content is essentially the same. Thanks a lot. 2017-10-15 17:11 GMT+02:00 Mohamad Gebai : > Hi, > > I'm not answering your questions, but I just want to point out

Re: [ceph-users] Backup VM (Base image + snapshot)

2017-10-15 Thread Mohamad Gebai
Hi, I'm not answering your questions, but I just want to point out that you might be using the documentation for an older version of Ceph: On 10/14/2017 12:25 PM, Oscar Segarra wrote: > > http://docs.ceph.com/docs/giant/rbd/rbd-snapshot/ > If you're not using the 'giant' version of Ceph (which

[ceph-users] Backup VM (Base image + snapshot)

2017-10-14 Thread Oscar Segarra
Hi, In my VDI environment I have configured the suggested ceph design/arquitecture: http://docs.ceph.com/docs/giant/rbd/rbd-snapshot/ Where I have a Base Image + Protected Snapshot + 100 clones (one for each persistent VDI). Now, I'd like to configure a backup script/mechanism to perform