Hi,
On 11/21/2012 09:37 PM, Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG wrote:
Hello list,
is there a recommanded way to backup rbd images / disks?
Or is it just
rbd snap create BACKUP
rbd export BACKUP
You should use:
rbd export --snap BACKUP <img> <dest>
rbd snap rm BACKUP
Is the snap needed at all? Or is an export save? Is there a way to make
sure the image is consistent?
While reading rbd.cc it doesn't seem like running export on a running VM
is safe, so you should snapshot before.
The snapshot isn't consistent since it has no way of telling the VM to
flush it's buffers.
To make it consistent you have to run "sync" (In the VM) just prior to
creating the snapshot.
Is it possible to use the BACKUP file as a loop device or something else
so that i'm able to mount the partitions from the backup file?
You can do something like:
rbd export --snap BACKUP image1 /mnt/backup/image1.img
losetup /mnt/backup/image1.img
kpartx -a /dev/loop0
Now you will have the partitions from the RBD image available in
/dev/mapper/loop0pX
Wido
Thanks!
Greets Stefan
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