# get VM info: I got 2 scsi disks on storage container and one scsi disk on VG
$ acli vm.get zzz-back-test-001
zzz-back-test-001 {
config {
allow_live_migrate: True
annotation: "test for vm backup using API"
disk_list {
addr {
bus: "ide"
index: 0
}
cdrom: True
device_uuid: "4af36e57-f7d8-4a60-8e99-ba9ab09ba06d"
empty: True
}
disk_list {
addr {
bus: "scsi"
index: 0
}
container_id: 9
container_uuid: "c2960ea4-f12e-45cd-bc7a-32d6abdfc61a"
device_uuid: "a480f6ca-dfe4-48c5-83d0-a3eb1ca0a20a"
naa_id: "naa.6506b8d26ce248e9e41db36524bf4d07"
source_vmdisk_uuid: "1efe564d-6304-4c1e-82ad-4c8186ce87e0"
vmdisk_size: 10737418240
vmdisk_uuid: "b217d50d-4c13-47f0-a38c-e19c80cf7451"
}
disk_list {
addr {
bus: "scsi"
index: 1
}
container_id: 1008784
container_uuid: "39ba803c-8dcf-47d2-8ddb-a25a14fdd9bf"
device_uuid: "85241664-0537-4f6e-8863-0cddd4e06262"
naa_id: "naa.6506b8d32384b05a103b97d87d3c20fb"
source_vmdisk_uuid: "b960e962-4c59-40b0-ab16-293d4e06cf0f"
vmdisk_size: 1073741824
vmdisk_uuid: "080bff89-74dd-4342-aa18-33e902035869"
}
disk_list {
addr {
bus: "scsi"
index: 2
}
volume_group_uuid: "f8ac9d19-7f37-438b-8eb4-719b6dc34e33"
}
hwclock_timezone: "UTC"
machine_type: "pc"
memory_mb: 1024
name: "zzz-back-test-001"
nic_list {
connected: True
mac_addr: "50:6b:8d:03:60:e0"
model: ""
network_name: "158"
network_type: "kNativeNetwork"
network_uuid: "82e50e22-ef90-4214-8271-3baa73a054cb"
type: "kNormalNic"
uuid: "7434da86-91a6-4d2b-9073-c15b0eba67d0"
vlan_mode: "kAccess"
}
nic_list {
connected: True
mac_addr: "50:6b:8d:ec:b5:bd"
model: ""
network_name: "159"
network_type: "kNativeNetwork"
network_uuid: "9af52ca8-caee-4c94-b4c8-b9d8faaf93d1"
type: "kNormalNic"
uuid: "43ade60a-5683-403b-ae5c-4a1611f16b92"
vlan_mode: "kAccess"
}
nic_list {
connected: True
mac_addr: "50:6b:8d:70:5b:1c"
model: ""
network_name: "138"
network_type: "kNativeNetwork"
network_uuid: "83413344-3708-42bd-bb1b-1783bc5037cf"
type: "kNormalNic"
uuid: "66cb027f-5984-4a76-896a-37767a5a0e0d"
vlan_mode: "kAccess"
}
num_cores_per_vcpu: 1
num_threads_per_core: 1
num_vcpus: 2
num_vnuma_nodes: 0
vga_console: True
vm_type: "kGuestVM"
}
logical_timestamp: 9
state: "kOff"
uuid: "6810eecc-b55d-439c-a970-c745a6d66f81"
}
# get storage container info
$ ncli ctr ls id=9 | grep Name
Name : default-container-171248
VStore Name(s) : default-container-171248
# create image of scsi disk 0 (to check the command line)
$ acli image.create zzz-back-test-001-scsi0 container=default-container-171248 source_url=nfs://127.0.0.1/default-container-171248/.acropolis/vmdisk/b217d50d-4c13-47f0-a38c-e19c80cf7451 image_type=kDiskImage
zzz-back-test-001-scsi0: pending
zzz-back-test-001-scsi0: complete
# check created image
Image name Image type Image UUID
.....
zzz-back-test-001-scsi0 kDiskImage 9ea7710d-8964-4628-9417-2ca1016aa67b
....
acli image.get 9ea7710d-8964-4628-9417-2ca1016aa67b
zzz-back-test-001-scsi0 {
architecture: "kX86_64"
container_id: 9
container_uuid: "c2960ea4-f12e-45cd-bc7a-32d6abdfc61a"
create_time: "Monday January 18 2021, 03:40:11 PM"
file_uuid: "4b62766a-e728-4d1f-b5ff-7095b3412f4d"
image_source {
source_url: "nfs://127.0.0.1/default-container-171248/.acropolis/vmdisk/b217d50d-4c13-47f0-a38c-e19c80cf7451"
}
image_state: "kActive"
image_type: "kDiskImage"
logical_timestamp: 0
name: "zzz-back-test-001-scsi0"
owner_cluster_uuid: "000597eb-aa13-1c72-0000-000000029cf0"
update_time: "Monday January 18 2021, 03:40:11 PM"
uuid: "9ea7710d-8964-4628-9417-2ca1016aa67b"
vmdisk_size: 10737418240
vmdisk_uuid: "ff7449de-c486-47b8-9a52-e2e70f861420"
}
Now let´s try with VG:
# get VG info
$ acli vg.get f8ac9d19-7f37-438b-8eb4-719b6dc34e33
zzz-vg-test {
annotation: "pbackup vg test"
attachment_list {
vm_uuid: "6810eecc-b55d-439c-a970-c745a6d66f81"
}
disk_list {
container_id: 9
container_uuid: "c2960ea4-f12e-45cd-bc7a-32d6abdfc61a"
flash_mode: False
index: 0
vmdisk_size: 10737418240
vmdisk_uuid: "773a06b3-83e9-41c1-b12f-d76db869bbc8"
}
flash_mode: False
iscsi_target_name: "zzz-vg-test-f8ac9d19-7f37-438b-8eb4-719b6dc34e33"
logical_timestamp: 2
name: "zzz-vg-test"
shared: True
uuid: "f8ac9d19-7f37-438b-8eb4-719b6dc34e33"
}
# test image creation from VG
$ acli image.create zzz-back-test-001-scsi2 container=default-container-171248 source_url=nfs://127.0.0.1/default-container-171248/.acropolis/vmdisk/773a06b3-83e9-41c1-b12f-d76db869bbc8 image_type=kDiskImage
zzz-back-test-001-scsi2: pending
zzz-back-test-001-scsi2: complete
# check created image
$ acli image.list
Image name Image type Image UUID
zzz-back-test-001-scsi0 kDiskImage 9ea7710d-8964-4628-9417-2ca1016aa67b
zzz-back-test-001-scsi2 kDiskImage f4c487e5-3597-431a-9e28-4bb5a17b14a1
$ acli image.get f4c487e5-3597-431a-9e28-4bb5a17b14a1
zzz-back-test-001-scsi2 {
architecture: "kX86_64"
container_id: 9
container_uuid: "c2960ea4-f12e-45cd-bc7a-32d6abdfc61a"
create_time: "Monday January 18 2021, 03:49:01 PM"
file_uuid: "61b3b77d-ca38-4a24-8769-54226be4b5b5"
image_source {
source_url: "nfs://127.0.0.1/default-container-171248/.acropolis/vmdisk/773a06b3-83e9-41c1-b12f-d76db869bbc8"
}
image_state: "kActive"
image_type: "kDiskImage"
logical_timestamp: 0
name: "zzz-back-test-001-scsi2"
owner_cluster_uuid: "000597eb-aa13-1c72-0000-000000029cf0"
update_time: "Monday January 18 2021, 03:49:01 PM"
uuid: "f4c487e5-3597-431a-9e28-4bb5a17b14a1"
vmdisk_size: 10737418240
vmdisk_uuid: "019f3260-3780-4e97-b74e-b843abfecf6b"
Done