KVM backups, how?

Hello

Have you looked at http://www.acronis.com/en-us/business/backup/linux-server/?

seems to be a good KVM backup.

Another way - dump iscsi disks, something like

dd if=/dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.5.2:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-06.com.nutanix:hadoop-n001-disk1-1e386ef0-lun-0 of=/mnt/hadoop-n001.d1.img bs=1M

You can easely find all disks to backup from KVM host, something like

[root@NTNX-13SMxxxxxx-A mnt]# ls /dev/disk/by-path/*hadoop-n001*/dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.5.2:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-06.com.nutanix:hadoop-n001-cdrom-centos-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso-70648f54-lun-0/dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.5.2:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-06.com.nutanix:hadoop-n001-disk0-b3104834-lun-0/dev/disk/by-path/ip-192.168.5.2:3260-iscsi-iqn.2010-06.com.nutanix:hadoop-n001-disk1-1e386ef0-lun-0

Another way to get the disk path associated with every vm is via this command (on KVM hypervisor)

1. Get UUID for your VM (either through Prism or command below):virsh list --all
2. Get disk image location:# virsh domblklist

It will be something like this:


/dev/mapper/1NUTANIX_NFS_388663_d10d8f42_1fcc_4fd5_be30_006de14e340e


Problem with backup is not making a copy of the above disk image. I have yet found a way to "restore" it back into acropolis-managed VM. Anyone figure this yet? Seems like we would also need the VM XML configuration (you can dump it via virsh as well).

Thanks for the feedback @vinnielima

vinnielima wrote:Another way to get the disk path associated with every vm is via this command (on KVM hypervisor)

1. Get UUID for your VM (either through Prism or command below):virsh list --all
2. Get disk image location:# virsh domblklist

It will be something like this:


/dev/mapper/1NUTANIX_NFS_388663_d10d8f42_1fcc_4fd5_be30_006de14e340e


Problem with backup is not making a copy of the above disk image. I have yet found a way to "restore" it back into acropolis-managed VM. Anyone figure this yet? Seems like we would also need the VM XML configuration (you can dump it via virsh as well).

Hello Nutanix users,

good news for you. In early 2018 you have a new player in KVM, Acropolis Data Protection field - Storware vProtect 🙂!

In Addition, there is a free program, which allows you to protect 10VMs with all features free of charge 😀.

https://www.nutanix.com/partners/technology-alliance-program/storware/

I do advice you to take a look on our webpage or watch a 45min technical Webinar, which we had in July with Nutanix team:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY_nUtH5-UY&feature=youtu.be

We discussed how Storware and Nutanix can deliver end-to-end solutions that provide:

– efficient, incremental backup of AHV VMs with CBT/CRT (Changed-Region Tracking),
– data consistency for your applications running on AHV VMs,
– file level restore from your backups,
– a scalable, multi-node backup architecture,
– orchestration via Open API.

Keep in mind that vProtect offers several backups destination, You can store your data on multiple backup Destinations (backup targets) ☺️:

https://storware.eu/en/storware-vprotect/
https://www.vprotect.io/