Do note that volume snapshots is not a good option if you use LVM and span volume groups over multiple disk volumes.
-- Erik On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Somesh Naidu <[email protected]> wrote: > You could use daily volumes snapshots. Recover involves creating template > from snapshot and then launching a VM from that template. > > Alternately you could use storage backup solution to backup disks > out-of-band. Recovery involves importing such disks as templates and then > launching VMs from those templates. > > How long does it take to backup and restore a VM depends on which of the > above procedure you use and your environment (primarily disk i/o and > network throughput). > > Regards, > Somesh > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fedi Ben Ali [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 9:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Backup Users VM's > > Hello , > > we have a need to backup all the users VM running on cloudstack for restore > purposes , the backup process should run dailly. > > Does any one have a way to do this ? > > we also need to know haw long does it take to make a backup or restore of a > VM . > > > Thx. >
