For volume snapshot one can schedule it daily/weekly/monthly from GUI. You
need to click on volume for same.
--
Makrand
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani <
zainal@nocser.net> wrote:
> Is it possible to run snapshot as auto (cron job)?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Makrand [mailto:makrandsanap@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 2:02 PM
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot
>
> Snapshots capabilities are native to your hypervisor. ACS just uses API of
> hypervisors to instruct it to perform snapshot.
> The most popular snapshot is disk snapshot, where disk is cloned and
> cloned disk copy moved to secondary storage via SSVM. This copy then can be
> used to produce new volume or template.
>
> --
> Makrand
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Sergey Levitskiy <
> Sergey.Levitskiy@autodesk.com> wrote:
>
> > There is an article about this
> > http://cloud-mate.org/2015/06/enable-snapshot-kvm-cloudstack/
> >
> > It seems VM snapshots are not supported in KVM. You can try tweaking a
> > table hypervisor_capabilites and set vm_snapshot_enabled to 1 for
> > hypervisor KVM but I doubt this will be successful. You probably are
> > left with disk snapshots on KVM.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/19/16, 9:27 PM, "Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani" <zainal@nocser.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > I already enable snapshot and restart cloudstack management. But
> > when I try to do snapshot got error (refer link:
> > https://postimg.org/image/ uiz45le7r/). Any idea why?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani [mailto:zainal@nocser.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:07 PM
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: How to: Snapshot
> >
> > Thanks, Sergey. Much help.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sergey Levitskiy [mailto:Sergey.Levitskiy@autodesk.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:00 PM
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot
> >
> > You might need to change global setting kvm.snapshot.enabled to
> > True
> >
> >
> > On 9/19/16, 8:57 PM, "Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani"
> > <zainal@nocser.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > After stopping a instance/VM's, there are no icon for snapshot
> > also (refer link: https://postimg.org/image/3lthssprd/). There can
> > only do snapshot on volume.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani [mailto:zainal@nocser.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:55 AM
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: How to: Snapshot
> >
> > From what I see, it’s impossible to do snapshot on KVM while
> > instance/VM’s still running. It’s need to stop and the icon will
> > appear after instance/VM’s completely stop.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Vivek Kumar [mailto:vivek.kumar@indiqus.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:50 AM
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot
> >
> >
> >
> > No there is no icon , what hyperviser and cloud stack version
> > are you using now ?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani <
> > zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net> > wrote:
> >
> > Do you see any icon that can do VM’s snapshot from link below:
> >
> > https://postimg.org/image/5ks6qm1j9/
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Vivek Kumar [mailto:vivek.kumar@indiqus.com <mailto:
> > vivek.kumar@indiqus.com> ]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:40 AM
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:users@cloudstack.
> > apache.org>
> > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot
> >
> >
> >
> > yes you can take it without shutting down the vm
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani <
> > zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net>
> > <mailto:zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net> > > wrote:
> >
> > From the link I saw need to stop VM’s. Is it possible to
> > snapshot while VM’s still running??
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Vivek Kumar [mailto:vivek.kumar@indiqus.com <mailto:
> > vivek.kumar@indiqus.com> <mailto:vivek.kumar@indiqus.com <mailto:
> > vivek.kumar@indiqus.com> > ]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:31 AM
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:users@cloudstack.
> > apache.org> <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:
> users@cloudstack.
> > apache.org> >
> > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot
> >
> >
> >
> > this link will help you.
> >
> >
> >
> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/
> > VM+Snapshots
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani <
> > zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net>
> > <mailto:zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net> > <mailto:
> zainal@nocser.net <mailto:
> > zainal@nocser.net> <mailto:zainal@nocser.net
> > <mailto:zainal@nocser.net>
> > > > > wrote:
> >
> > How to do VM’s snapshot?
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Vivek Kumar [mailto:vivek.kumar@indiqus.com <mailto:
> > vivek.kumar@indiqus.com> <mailto:vivek.kumar@indiqus.com <mailto:
> > vivek.kumar@indiqus.com> > <mailto:vivek.kumar@indiqus.com <mailto:
> > vivek.kumar@indiqus.com> <mailto:vivek.kumar@indiqus.com <mailto:
> > vivek.kumar@indiqus.com> > > ]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:23 AM
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:users@cloudstack.
> > apache.org> <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:
> users@cloudstack.
> > apache.org> > <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org <mailto:
> > users@cloudstack.apache.org> <mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org
> <mailto:
> > users@cloudstack.apache.org> > >
> > Subject: Re: How to: Snapshot
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Zainal,
> >
> >
> >
> > There are two type of snapshot ,
> >
> >
> >
> > 1- VM's snapshot
> >
> > 2- disk snapshot
> >
> >
> >
> > and yes you can take either VM's snapshot or disk snapshot
> > from running vm's
> >
> >
> >
> > Vivek Kumar
> > Virtualization and Cloud Consultant
> >
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> > <http://www.indiqus.com> <http://www.indiqus.com>
> > <http://www.indiqus.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani <
> > zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net>
> > <mailto:zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net> > <mailto:
> zainal@nocser.net <mailto:
> > zainal@nocser.net> <mailto:zainal@nocser.net
> > <mailto:zainal@nocser.net>
> > > > <mailto:zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net> <mailto:
> > zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net> >
> > <mailto:zainal@nocser.net <mailto:zainal@nocser.net> <mailto:
> zainal@nocser.net <mailto:
> > zainal@nocser.net> > > > > wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > Is it possible to do snapshot while instance is running? Or
> > need to stop
> > instance and do snapshot? Please advice.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tech support
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Vivek Kumar
> > Virtualization and Cloud Consultant
> >
> > <http://www.indiqus.com/>
> > IndiQus Technologies Pvt Ltd
> > A-98, LGF, C.R.Park, New Delhi - 110019
> > O +91 11 4055 1411 | M +91 7503460090
> > <http://www.indiqus.com/> www.indiqus.com
> > <http://www.indiqus.com> <http://www.indiqus.com>
> > <http://www.indiqus.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Vivek Kumar
> > Virtualization and Cloud Consultant
> >
> > <http://www.indiqus.com/>
> > IndiQus Technologies Pvt Ltd
> > A-98, LGF, C.R.Park, New Delhi - 110019
> > O +91 11 4055 1411 | M +91 7503460090
> > <http://www.indiqus.com/> www.indiqus.com
> > <http://www.indiqus.com> <http://www.indiqus.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Vivek Kumar
> > Virtualization and Cloud Consultant
> >
> > <http://www.indiqus.com/>
> > IndiQus Technologies Pvt Ltd
> > A-98, LGF, C.R.Park, New Delhi - 110019
> > O +91 11 4055 1411 | M +91 7503460090
> > <http://www.indiqus.com/> www.indiqus.com
> > <http://www.indiqus.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Vivek Kumar
> > Virtualization and Cloud Consultant
> >
> > <http://www.indiqus.com/>
> > IndiQus Technologies Pvt Ltd
> > A-98, LGF, C.R.Park, New Delhi - 110019
> > O +91 11 4055 1411 | M +91 7503460090
> > <http://www.indiqus.com/> www.indiqus.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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