From: Ishani Chugh <chugh.ishani@research.iiit.ac.in>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: stefanha@redhat.com, jsnow@redhat.com,
Ishani Chugh <chugh.ishani@research.iiit.ac.in>
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Backup Tool: Manpage for Incremental Backup
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:45:36 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1504120538-9309-2-git-send-email-chugh.ishani@research.iiit.ac.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1504120538-9309-1-git-send-email-chugh.ishani@research.iiit.ac.in>
Adds command description to perform incremental backup and
a full example for the same.
Signed-off-by: Ishani Chugh <chugh.ishani@research.iiit.ac.in>
---
contrib/backup/qemu-backup.texi | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/contrib/backup/qemu-backup.texi b/contrib/backup/qemu-backup.texi
index 7ad266c..8e5cb86 100644
--- a/contrib/backup/qemu-backup.texi
+++ b/contrib/backup/qemu-backup.texi
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ qemu-backup command [command options].
@item qemu-backup restore --guest guestname
@item qemu-backup guest remove --guest guestname
@item qemu-backup drive remove --guest guestname --id driveid
+@item qemu-backup backup --inc --guest guestname
@end itemize
@node Command Parameters
@chapter Command Parameters
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ qemu-backup command [command options].
@item --id: id of guest or drive.
@item --qmp: Path of qmp socket.
@item --target: Destination path on which you want your backup to be made.
+@item --inc: incremental backup (Optional).
@end itemize
@node Command Descriptions
@@ -119,6 +121,11 @@ This command helps remove a drive which is set for backup in configuration of gi
example: drive remove --guest=fedora --id=root
+@item qemu-backup backup --inc --guest guestname
+This command is used for making incremental backup.
+
+example: qemu-backup backup --inc --guest fedora
+
@item A full backup can be performed by following the given steps:
Perform a full backup of 'vm001', which has one drive:
@@ -129,6 +136,17 @@ qemu-backup add --id drive0 --guest vm001 --target /backups/vm001-drive0.img
qemu-backup backup --guest vm001
+@item An incremental backup can be performed by following the given steps:
+
+Perform an incremental backup of 'vm001', which has one drive:
+
+qemu-backup guest add --guest vm001 --qmp /path/to/vm001.sock
+
+qemu-backup add --id drive0 --guest vm001 --target /backups/vm001-drive0.img
+
+qemu-backup backup --inc --guest vm001
+
+qemu-backup backup --inc --guest vm001
@end itemize
--
2.7.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-08-30 19:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-08-30 19:15 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Backup Tool: Incremental backup Ishani Chugh
2017-08-30 19:15 ` Ishani Chugh [this message]
2017-08-31 1:57 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Backup Tool: Manpage for Incremental Backup Fam Zheng
2017-08-30 19:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] Backup Tool: Support " Ishani Chugh
2017-08-31 1:56 ` Fam Zheng
2017-08-30 19:15 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Backup Tool: Test " Ishani Chugh
2017-08-31 2:02 ` Fam Zheng
2017-09-01 22:53 ` John Snow
2017-09-07 4:03 ` Ishani
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