Hello Maor, I am worried, What happens if the storage domain fails. i.e what if the harddisk where the storage domain is residing fails?.
I just wanted to have a external backup. Regards Hemanth Thanks & Regards Hemanth Nalluri +91 973 999 3635 On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Maor Lipchuk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Hemanth, > > What is the purpose you want to backup your VM? > Today, there are several ways you can backup a VM: > > 1. Create a snapshot - > This way you backup your VM state and the data on the disks at a > specific point in time while the VM can be running or not, the backup of > the VM's disks will be reside on the same Storage Domain which the disks > are reside on. > 2. Create a Template - > It will preserve the VM configuration (memory and CPU) and also the > disks, though it is a copy operation which might take time and the VM > should be shut down in the process > 3. Export the VM to an export domain - > This way your VM will be backed up in a different "special" Storage > Domain, which can be moved between different setups and Data Centers. Your > VM should be shutdown for this and this is also a copy operation which > might be time consuming. > 4. Import Storage Domain - > A new feature introduced in oVirt 3.5 is import Storage Domain, > which intends to support disaster recovery to your oVirt setup. > One of its major features is that it backs up automatically, every > 60 minutes, your VM's data in the Disks' Storage Domains. > The feature is only supported in 3.5 Data Center or up. > see at http://www.ovirt.org/Features/ImportStorageDomain for more > details. > To see how to use it you can check out the following links: > > http://www.ovirt.org/Features/ImportStorageDomain#Work_flow_for_detach_and_attach_Storage_Domain_with_entities_-_UI_flow > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLcxDB0MY38 > > Regards, > Maor > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hemanth Nalluri" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 7:48:41 AM > > Subject: [ovirt-users] Regarding backing up of a VM > > > > Hello All, > > > > Can any one help me / tell me the steps to take a backup of a existing > VM?. > > > > Thanks In Advance!. > > > > > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Hemanth Nalluri > > +91 973 999 3635 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > >
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