KVM and vzdump - Exclude from a backup some virtual disk

[Comune di Levico Terme]

yes, but it's more complicated than I thought.
adding the parameter backup = no need to change the web interface because all the disks with the "backup = no" are not seen.

 

[Comune di Levico Terme]

I completed the changes.
I'm sure it's working, tomorrow I can post the patch

 

[Comune di Levico Terme]

OK these is the patch to exclude virtual disk from backup View attachment patch.zip.

this is the command I used to generate the patch:
diff -Nau /usr/share/perl5/PVE/QemuServer.pm /root/qemu-server_2010-09-20/QemuServer.pm > /root/dietmar/QemuServer.pm.patch
diff -Nau /usr/share/perl5/PVE/VZDump.pm /root/vzdump_2010-09-20/VZDump.pm > /root/dietmar/VZDump.pm.patch
diff -Nau /usr/share/perl5/PVE/VZDump/QemuServer.pm /root/qemu-server_2010-09-20/VZDump\:\:QemuServer.pm > /root/dietmar/VZDump\:\:QemuServer.pm.patch
diff -Nau /usr/share/pve-manager/root/qemu/hardware.htm /root/pve-manager_2010-09-20/www/root/qemu/hardware.htm > /root/dietmar/hardware.patch
diff -Nau /usr/sbin/qmrestore /root/qemu-server_2010-09-20/qmrestore > /root/dietmar/qmrestore.patch
diff -Nau /usr/sbin/qm /root/qemu-server_2010-09-20/qm > /root/dietmar/qm.patch
tar -cvpzf /root/patch.tgz /root/dietmar/*

After apply the patch is necessary restart pvedaemon and apache:
/etc/init.d/pvedaemon restart
apache2ctl restart

let me know if there are any problems, thanks a lot.
Marco

 

[dietmar]

OK these is the patch to exclude virtual disk from backup.

Thanks - I will take a closer look at this next week.

 

[dietmar]

OK these is the patch to exclude virtual disk from backup

Please can you explain this:

--- /usr/share/perl5/PVE/VZDump.pm    2010-10-07 16:13:19.000000000 +0200
+++ /root/vzdump_2010-09-20/VZDump.pm    2010-09-20 16:18:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -832,8 +832,6 @@
 
     $cleanup->{unlock} = 1;
 
-    $task->{logfd} = $logfd;
-
     # prepare
 
     my $mode = $running ? $opts->{mode} : 'stop';

 

[dietmar]

OK, got if (you should use $self->loginfo instead - i will fix that)

 

[dietmar]

adding the parameter backup = no need to change the web interface because all the disks with the "backup = no" are not seen.

That is not really true - you just need to restart 'pvedaemon' and 'apache2'.

 

[Comune di Levico Terme]

OK, got if (you should use $self->loginfo instead - i will fix that)

Ok these is the patch modified.
View attachment patch.zip

 

[dietmar]

Ok these is the patch modified.

You don't need to fix it if I write "I will fix that" ;-)

Please can you test: ftp://download.proxmox.com/debian/dists/lenny/pvetest/binary-amd64/qemu-server_1.1-20_amd64.deb

(does not include changes to hardware.htm)

 

[Comune di Levico Terme]

You don't need to fix it if I write "I will fix that" ;-)

Please can you test: ftp://download.proxmox.com/debian/dists/lenny/pvetest/binary-amd64/qemu-server_1.1-20_amd64.deb

(does not include changes to hardware.htm)

I have test your patch: it's work.

pveversion -v
pve-manager: 1.6-2 (pve-manager/1.6/5087)
running kernel: 2.6.32-4-pve
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 1.6-19
pve-kernel-2.6.32-4-pve: 2.6.32-19
pve-kernel-2.6.32-2-pve: 2.6.32-8
pve-kernel-2.6.18-2-pve: 2.6.18-5
qemu-server: 1.1-20
pve-firmware: 1.0-8
libpve-storage-perl: 1.0-14
vncterm: 0.9-2
vzctl: 3.0.24-1pve4
vzdump: 1.2-7
vzprocps: 2.0.11-1dso2
vzquota: 3.0.11-1
pve-qemu-kvm: 0.12.5-1
ksm-control-daemon: 1.0-4

 

[jlribeirof]

Dear Draguz and Dietmar,

I´ve been following this thread and it seems the new backup funcionality is now ok.
Thank you for all the work and congratulations.
I have just one question regarding the last modification by Dietmar.
Do I use the .deb file provided by Dietmar or wait for a .zip file to apply the patching procedure?

Jose

 

[Comune di Levico Terme]

Dear Draguz and Dietmar,

I´ve been following this thread and it seems the new backup funcionality is now ok.
Thank you for all the work and congratulations.
I have just one question regarding the last modification by Dietmar.
Do I use the .deb file provided by Dietmar or wait for a .zip file to apply the patching procedure?

Jose

use the .deb file

dpkg -i FILENAME.deb

 

[kidchunks]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but is this patch still available? I've tried the above link but it seems the .deb was moved.

 

[dietmar]

That functionality is already integrated - no need to patch.

 

[kidchunks]

That functionality is already integrated - no need to patch.

Awesome! Just tried it and it worked perfectly. Thanks!

 

[Stewge]

EDIT: Scrap that. Linked to the forums using an old post view which didn't show it's inclusion into PVE

 

[andreas70]

Hallo!
Is the "backup=no" option now (i'm using pve 1.9) valid in a [vmid].conf? I want to use this feature (excluding a disk from backup) but i can't find any info exept this thread.

 

[dietmar]

Hallo!
Is the "backup=no" option now (i'm using pve 1.9) valid in a [vmid].conf? I want to use this feature (excluding a disk from backup) but i can't find any info exept this thread.

yes (see 'man qm')

 

[tom]

yes, already working since a long time. see the man pages of qm for details,

man qm