Hi All, I've uploaded an example script (oVirt python-sdk) that contains examples to the steps described on http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Backup-Restore_API_Integration
let me know how it works out for you - https://github.com/laravot/backuprestoreapi ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Liron Aravot" <[email protected]> > To: "Soeren Malchow" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Vered Volansky" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 12:20:36 PM > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Backup and Restore of VMs > > Hi guys, > I'm currently working on complete example of the steps appear in - > http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Backup-Restore_API_Integration > > will share with you as soon as i'm done with it. > > thanks, > Liron > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Soeren Malchow" <[email protected]> > > To: "Vered Volansky" <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 11:58:01 AM > > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Backup and Restore of VMs > > > > Dear Vered, > > > > at some point we have to start, and right now we are getting closer, even > > with the documentation it is sometime hard to find the correct place to > > start, especially without specific examples (and I have decades of > > experience now) > > > > with the backup plugin that came from Lucas Vandroux we have a starting > > point > > right now, and we will continue form here and try to work with him on this. > > > > Regards > > Soeren > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Blaster > > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 5:49 PM > > To: Vered Volansky > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Backup and Restore of VMs > > > > Sounds like a Chicken/Egg problem. > > > > > > > > On 12/23/2014 12:03 AM, Vered Volansky wrote: > > > Well, real world is community... > > > Maybe change the name of the thread in order to make this more clear for > > > someone from the community that might be able to could help. > > > Maybe something like: > > > Request for sharing real world example of VM backups. > > > > > > We obviously use it as part as developing, but I don't have what you're > > > asking for. > > > If you try it yourself and stumble onto questions in the process, please > > > ask the list and we'll do our best to help. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > Vered > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Blaster" <[email protected]> > > >> To: "Vered Volansky" <[email protected]> > > >> Cc: [email protected] > > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 5:56:13 AM > > >> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Backup and Restore of VMs > > >> > > >> > > >> Vered, > > >> > > >> It sounds like Soeren already knows about that page. His issue seems > > >> to be, as well as the issue of others judging by comments on here, is > > >> that there aren’t any real world examples of how the API is used. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Dec 22, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Vered Volansky <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Please take a look at: > > >>> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Backup-Restore_API_Integration > > >>> > > >>> Specifically: > > >>> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Backup-Restore_API_Integration#Full_VM > > >>> _Backups > > >>> > > >>> Regards, > > >>> Vered > > >>> > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>>> From: "Soeren Malchow" <[email protected]> > > >>>> To: [email protected] > > >>>> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 1:44:38 PM > > >>>> Subject: [ovirt-users] Backup and Restore of VMs > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Dear all, > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> ovirt: 3.5 > > >>>> > > >>>> gluster: 3.6.1 > > >>>> > > >>>> OS: CentOS 7 (except ovirt hosted engine = centos 6.6) > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> i spent quite a while researching backup and restore for VMs right > > >>>> now, so far I have come up with this as a start for us > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> - API calls to create schedule snapshots of virtual machines This > > >>>> is or short term storage and to guard against accidential deletion > > >>>> within the VM but not for storage corruption > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> - Since we are using a gluster backend, gluster snapshots I wasn’t > > >>>> able so far to really test it since the LV needs to be thin > > >>>> provisioned and we did not do that in the setup > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> For the API calls we have the problem that we can not find any > > >>>> existing scripts or something like that to do those snapshots (and > > >>>> i/we are not developers enough to do that). > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> As an additional information, we have a ZFS based storage with > > >>>> deduplication that we use for other backup purposes which does a > > >>>> great job especially because of the deduplication (we can storage > > >>>> generations of backups without problems), this storage can be NFS > > >>>> exported and used as backup repository. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Are there any backup and restore procedure you guys are using for > > >>>> backup and restore that works for you and can you point me into the > > >>>> right direction ? > > >>>> > > >>>> I am a little bit list right now and would appreciate any help. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Regards > > >>>> > > >>>> Soeren > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Users mailing list > > >>>> [email protected] > > >>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > >>>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Users mailing list > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Users mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
