Probably the easiest way is to export the VM as OVA. The OVA format is a single file which includes the entire VM image along with the config. You can import it back into oVirt easily as well. You can do this from the GUI on a running VM and export to OVA without bringing the VM down. The export process will handle the creation and deletion of the snapshot.
You can export to OVA to a directory located on one of the hosts, this directory could be a NFS mount on an external storage server if you want. The problem with export to OVA is that you can't put it on a schedule and it is mostly a manual process. You can however initiate it with Ansible. A little while ago I actually wrote an ansible playbook to backup multiple VMs on a schedule. It was wrote for oVirt 4.3, I have not had to time to test it with 4.4 yet https://github.com/silverorange/ovirt_ansible_backup On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 10:14 AM Stefan Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello to all > > I try to backup a normal VM. But It seems that I don't really understand > the concept. At first I found the possibility to backup with the api > https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/administration_guide/#Setting_a_storage_domain_to_be_a_backup_domain_backup_domain > . > Create a snapshot of the VM, finding the ID of the snapshot and the > configuration of the VM makes sense to me. > But at this point, I would download the config an the snapshot and put it > to my backup storage. And not create a new VM attach the disk and run a > backup with backup programm. And for restoring do the sam way backwards. > > If i look at other project, there seems do be a way to download the > snapshot and configfile, or am I wrong? > Maybe someone can explain to me why I should use additional software to > install in an additional machine. Or even better someone can explain to me > how I don't have to use additional backup software. > > And to the same topic backup. > There is in the documentation the possibility to set up a backup storage > It is nearly the same, create a snapshot, or clone the machine and export > it to backup storage > > Export the new virtual machine to a backup domain. See Exporting a > Virtual Machine to a Data Domain in the Virtual Machine Management Guide. > Sadly there is just writen what to do, not how, the link points to 404 > page. maybe someone can explain to me how to use backup storage > > thank you very much > > shb > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/COR6VIV477XUFDKJAVEO2ODCESVENKLV/ >
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