Re: VM Backup plug-in framework

2013-10-10 Thread SuichII, Christopher
Sorry it has taken me a bit to reply, Simon. Right now, it sounds like you have a couple options. 1) There is an interface called 'SnapshotStrategy', which would allow you to write a plugin becoming the authority on how to take, backup and revert snapshots. This should give you the appropriate

Re: VM Backup plug-in framework

2013-10-08 Thread Simon Murphy
Hi Chris, Correct, I am talking about a way to orchestrate backing up and restoring an entire VM (or set of VM's), but using more efficient technique at the back end to transfer data. Today we do the following: - When a CS account is created we create a corresponding vSphere folder, and we ensur

Re: VM Backup plug-in framework

2013-10-08 Thread SuichII, Christopher
Hi Simon, The answer to your question is 'kind of'. The Storage Subsystem API (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Storage+subsystem+2.0) allows storage providers to implement a suite of methods for the purpose of storage management, including taking and reverting snapshots o