Hi Giles, Is there something similar as Backroll https://github.com/DIMSI-IS/BackROLL for Xenserver/Xcp-NG ?
Regards, Benoit Lair Le mer. 12 juin 2024 à 17:45, Joffrey LUANGSAYSANA <j.luangsays...@dimsi.fr> a écrit : > Hi Jimmy, > > I am Joffrey from the Backroll team. > That is correct, Backroll needs to have access to the storage, if for any > reasons you do not want to have the local storage exposed to backroll then > yes it will not be able to perform backups. > > Regards, > > *Joffrey LUANGSAYSANA* Ingénieur Cloud > *@ : j.luangsays...@dimsi.fr <j.luangsays...@dimsi.fr>* > *Paris* • Lorient • Lyon > [image: DIMSI_Logo_Color_Business_Solutions_x3.png] > Microsoft Power Platform | Agilité | Cloud | Modern Apps | Code > > > ------------------------------ > *De :* Jimmy Huybrechts <ji...@linservers.com> > *Envoyé :* mardi 11 juin 2024 11:20 > *À :* users@cloudstack.apache.org <users@cloudstack.apache.org> > *Objet :* Re: Backup VM on Cloudstack > > Hi Khang, > > Once tested let us know how it went, I was looking at this too but got > misguided I think by the: > > To perform backup and restore tasks, Backroll's workers need an access to > the VMs storage and to a backup storage. > > I only use local storage so that is not an option. > > -- > Jimmy > > From: Khang Nguyen Phuc <phuckhag2...@gmail.com> > Date: Tuesday, 11 June 2024 at 04:18 > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <users@cloudstack.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Backup VM on Cloudstack > Hello everyone, > Thank you for all your answers. I missed a few messages, so I couldn't > reply in time. Thank you, Giles Sirett. I am experimenting with BackROLL > and will review it as soon as possible. > Best Regards, > > On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 11:04 PM Jimmy Huybrechts <ji...@linservers.com> > wrote: > > > It says: > > To perform backup and restore tasks, Backroll's workers need an access to > > the VMs storage and to a backup storage. > > > > In case you use local storage for your vm’s it’s pretty useless then? > > > > -- > > Jimmy > > > > From: Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> > > Date: Wednesday, 29 May 2024 at 17:40 > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > Subject: RE: Backup VM on Cloudstack > > Hi Khang > > The dummy provider is just that - it is a dummy provider for testing the > > Backup and Recovery Framework - it doesn’t actually do any backups > > > > As Joao says - you can use Snaphots > > > > In terms of non commercial providers for the Backup & Recovery Framework, > > have a look at Backroll > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FDIMSI-IS%2FBackROLL&data=05%7C02%7Cj.luangsaysana%40dimsi.fr%7C872fc7459c9a4b3221e308dc89f7c45b%7Cbab0ba86ddf44ac4b09fd48f7eb9d905%7C0%7C0%7C638536944412484235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=k%2BSDIYDMNNlxuu%2BUEillMvWpnYzVYI7pSY3jzygRN0U%3D&reserved=0 > <https://github.com/DIMSI-IS/BackROLL> > > > > > > Kind Regards > > Giles > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: João Jandre Paraquetti <j...@scclouds.com.br> > > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 7:53 PM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Backup VM on Cloudstack > > > > Hello, Khang > > > > If your intention is to backup the VM's volumes, you can use the > > 'Snapshot' feature on KVM, which will create a copy of the volume, this > can > > be done while the VM is stopped or running. With the > > `snapshot.backup.to.secondary` configuration, the Snapshot will be backed > > up to your secondary storage during the Snapshot process. Thus, if you > lose > > your primary storage, your secondary storage will still have backups of > > your VM's volumes. > > > > Furthermore, version 4.20.0.0 will come with some optimizations of the > > snapshot process, as well as introduce the concept of incremental > snapshots > > when using KVM as the hypervisor; which tends to be a lot faster and save > > storage space. > > > > Best Regards, > > João Jandre. > > > > On 5/24/24 04:32, Khang Nguyen Phuc wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I'm looking for some advice on solutions for backing up VMs running on > > > KVM in Cloudstack. I found two plugins in the documentation, but they > > > are both paid. I also saw the dummy backup, but introductions to > > > Cloudstack mention that it is only for testing the API's > > > functionality. Can I consider dummy backup as a "native" backup > > > solution for Cloudstack? I see two offerings, 'Gold' and 'Silver,' but > > > there is no information on how many backups it makes or for how long... > > > > > > Can you suggest a backup solution for me or provide clearer > > > documentation about the dummy backup? > > > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > > >
