Re: RFC backup API

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



23.03.2016 13:36, Kashyap Chamarthy пишет:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 01:18:19PM +0300, Maxim Nestratov wrote:
Hi all,

It's been already quite a long time since qemu implemented QMP
"drive-backup" command to create block devices backups. Even more,
since qemu 2.4 there is a possibility to create incremental backups.
Though it is possible to backup all attached to a domain disk drives
by combining them into a single QMP transaction command, this way of
creating them, not to mention managing, remains inconvenient for an
end user of libvirt. Moreover, creating a single drive backup via QMP
interface isn't handy either. That said, it looks reasonable to
introduce a *new backup API* based on QMP "drive-backup" facilities.
There's also the 'blockdev-backup' command, which seems similar in
operation to 'drive-backup', but differs subtly.

Looking at qmp-commands.hx, I learn that 'blockdev-backup' accepts
target ID; while 'drive-backup' accept target drive name, otherwise,
their operation look almost identical, and both commands use
backup_start() (from qemu/blockdev.c).  [Added John Snow in CC to
correct me if I'm wrong.]

For 'blockdev-backup'
---------------------

-> { "execute": "blockdev-backup", "arguments": { "device": "src-id",
                                                   "sync": "full",
                                                   "target": "tgt-id" } }
<- { "return": {} }


Where 'tagert' in this case means:

     "the name of the backup target device. (json-string)"


For 'drive-backup'
-----------------

-> { "execute": "drive-backup", "arguments": { "device": "drive0",
                                                "sync": "full",
                                                "target": "backup.img" } }
<- { "return": {} }

Here, 'target' means:

         "the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is a
         device, the existing file/device will be used as the new
         destination.  If it does not exist, a new file will be created.
         (json-string)"

[...]


Looks correct. I mentioned "blockdev-backup" in my reply to Daniel's letter in this thread.
The difference is how those backups are actually stored.

--
libvir-list mailing list
libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list




[Index of Archives]     [Virt Tools]     [Libvirt Users]     [Lib OS Info]     [Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Big List of Linux Books]     [Yosemite News]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]