Dear all, >The system does backups and currently is implemented using mysqldump and percona xtrabackup. >.... >A backup snapshot[1] is a copy of the database data that is stored on the volume or locally on the instance and backed up to swift at a point in time. I have a follow-up question to this. If I delete the database instace (e.g. the virtual machine - in which there is the engine MySQL and the Trove's Guest Agent - and the volume attached) by accident, how can I restore that instance even if I have a backup of the database? Thanks, Giuseppe 2013/11/8 Craig Vyvial <cp16net at gmail.com> > A snapshot and backup are basically analogous terms in trove. > > A backup snapshot[1] is a copy of the database data that is stored on the > volume or locally on the instance and backed up to swift at a point in time. > Trove stores the location of the backup so that a user can restore a > database to a new instance. > > There is another blueprint to support incremental backups.[2] Which will > allow point in time restore/recovery of data. > > Hope this helps. > > [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/trove/+spec/consistent-snapshots > [2] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/trove/+spec/incremental-backups > > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:05 AM, Giuseppe Galeota < > giuseppegaleota at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Can you give me a simple workflow that explains the process of a >> backup/snapshot? >> >> Thanks, >> Giuseppe >> >> >> 2013/11/6 Giuseppe Galeota <giuseppegaleota at gmail.com> >> >>> Dear all, >>> what is the difference between Snapshot and Backup in the context of >>> Trove (o Redwwarf) database backups that I see here<https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Trove/snapshot-design> >>> ? >>> >>> Is it maybe the following: >>> - backup = copy of volume in which data are stored; >>> - snapshot = copy of volume plus virtual machine used to host the engine? >>> >>> Are they the same concept? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Giuseppe >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> Post to : openstack at lists.openstack.org >> Unsubscribe : >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/attachments/20131111/7cbfa899/attachment.html>