[ovirt-users] NFS Storage domain backup

2014-10-31 Thread Mohyedeen Nazzal
Hi , I'm using NFS storage domain, is it possible to backup the domain manually? or is there an api in ovirt which support this? For manual backup, is possible to use tools like rsync ? or the data will not be consistent ? Any idea of possible solutions for this?;as we don't have dedicated

Re: [ovirt-users] NFS Storage domain backup

2014-10-31 Thread Sven Kieske
On 31/10/14 10:13, Mohyedeen Nazzal wrote: I'm using NFS storage domain, is it possible to backup the domain manually? or is there an api in ovirt which support this? For manual backup, is possible to use tools like rsync ? or the data will not be consistent ? Any idea of possible

Re: [ovirt-users] NFS Storage domain backup

2014-10-31 Thread Mohyedeen Nazzal
Thanks Sven, Detaching the domain is not an option, sorry if did not make it clear i meant to backup the storage domain while VMs are running. Also regarding the Live Snapshot option, The live snapshot simply create a second hardisk for the VM and start to write on it.. it does not do any backup

Re: [ovirt-users] NFS Storage domain backup

2014-10-31 Thread Sven Kieske
On 31/10/14 10:39, Mohyedeen Nazzal wrote: Also regarding the Live Snapshot option, The live snapshot simply create a second hardisk for the VM and start to write on it.. it does not do any backup just a restore point. Yes exactly, so you can safely backup the first disk. You have a