QEMU Assisted Snapshots
QEMU-assisted snapshotting
Enable snapshotting of volumes on backends such as GlusterFS by storing data as QCOW2 files on these volumes. With Nova support, this can also enable quiescing via the QEMU guest agent.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Russell Bryant
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Eric Harney
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Eric Harney
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for havana
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
2013.2
- Started by
- Eric Harney
- Completed by
- Russell Bryant
Related branches
Related bugs
Sprints
Whiteboard
There is a blueprint for the Cinder part of this at:
https:/
I think this needs some more detail. It would be good to lay out a more detailed description and proposed design on a linked wiki page. --russellb
- Added wiki page -- Eric
Gerrit topic: https:/
Addressed by: https:/
Allow Cinder to specify file format for NFS/GlusterFS
Addressed by: https:/
Add volume snapshot APIs to driver interface
Addressed by: https:/
Add db.block_
Addressed by: https:/
Assisted snapshots compute API plumbing
Addressed by: https:/
Add an admin API
Addressed by: https:/
Add volume snapshot delete API test case
Addressed by: https:/
Add os-assisted-
Addressed by: https:/
Guest-
Addressed by: https:/
Add block_device_
Addressed by: https:/
VMware: guest assisted snapshots
Work Items
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
