Hello Everyone, I am from a backup software company and am looking into the methods to backup the Xen vms. We have already solutions for Vmware and HyperV. We are now concentrating on the Xen virtualization due to the market gain that Xen is gettting. So wanted to know 1) If Xen has a management SDK/APIs that can be used to manage the VMs remotely 2) If Xen has disk access APIs that can be used to read/write Xen virtual disks. -- Thanks in Advance, -Mani. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
George Dunlap
2011-Jun-21 09:39 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Xen Management APIs for backup and recovery
I think your best bet is to interface with xapi, which is being run as a separate project (though obviously tightly coupled). xen-api@lists.xensource.com is the best place to find the people you want to talk to. Peace, -George On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Manigandan <bmani27@gmail.com> wrote:> Hello Everyone, > I am from a backup software company and am looking into the methods to > backup the Xen vms. We have already solutions for Vmware and HyperV. We are > now concentrating on the Xen virtualization due to the market gain that Xen > is gettting. So wanted to know > 1) If Xen has a management SDK/APIs that can be used to manage the VMs > remotely > 2) If Xen has disk access APIs that can be used to read/write Xen virtual > disks. > > -- > Thanks in Advance, > -Mani. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Manigandan
2011-Jun-21 10:26 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Xen Management APIs for backup and recovery
Thanks George... Folks at xen-api, can you help with the below question? On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:09 PM, George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>wrote:> I think your best bet is to interface with xapi, which is being run as > a separate project (though obviously tightly coupled). > xen-api@lists.xensource.com is the best place to find the people you > want to talk to. > > Peace, > -George > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Manigandan <bmani27@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I am from a backup software company and am looking into the methods to > > backup the Xen vms. We have already solutions for Vmware and HyperV. We > are > > now concentrating on the Xen virtualization due to the market gain that > Xen > > is gettting. So wanted to know > > 1) If Xen has a management SDK/APIs that can be used to manage the VMs > > remotely > > 2) If Xen has disk access APIs that can be used to read/write Xen virtual > > disks. > > > > -- > > Thanks in Advance, > > -Mani. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > > > >-- Take Care, -Mani. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
George Shuklin
2011-Jun-21 11:34 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Xen Management APIs for backup and recovery
Yes, xapi do have XenAPI (pretty good documented for XenServer and XCP). You can do snapshots and export them. Right now I''m researching more interesting way to backup VMs via snapshot on storage LVM (not created by xapi) and accessing LVM within this snapshot locally on storage (kinda hack...). В Втр, 21/06/2011 в 15:56 +0530, Manigandan пишет:> Thanks George... > > > Folks at xen-api, can you help with the below question? > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:09 PM, George Dunlap > <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com> wrote: > I think your best bet is to interface with xapi, which is > being run as > a separate project (though obviously tightly coupled). > xen-api@lists.xensource.com is the best place to find the > people you > want to talk to. > > Peace, > -George > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Manigandan > <bmani27@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I am from a backup software company and am looking into the > methods to > > backup the Xen vms. We have already solutions for Vmware and > HyperV. We are > > now concentrating on the Xen virtualization due to the > market gain that Xen > > is gettting. So wanted to know > > 1) If Xen has a management SDK/APIs that can be used to > manage the VMs > > remotely > > 2) If Xen has disk access APIs that can be used to > read/write Xen virtual > > disks. > > > > -- > > Thanks in Advance, > > -Mani. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > > > > > > > -- > Take Care, > -Mani. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Mike McClurg
2011-Jun-21 11:48 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Xen Management APIs for backup and recovery
On 21/06/11 11:26, Manigandan wrote:> Thanks George... > > Folks at xen-api, can you help with the below question? > > > Hello Everyone, > > I am from a backup software company and am looking into the > methods to > > backup the Xen vms. We have already solutions for Vmware and > HyperV. We are > > now concentrating on the Xen virtualization due to the market > gain that Xen > > is gettting. So wanted to know > > 1) If Xen has a management SDK/APIs that can be used to manage > the VMs > > remotely > > 2) If Xen has disk access APIs that can be used to read/write > Xen virtual > > disks. > > > > -- > > Thanks in Advance, > > -Mani. > > >Here is a link to the Xen API documentation: http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.6.0fp1/1.0/en_gb/api/ . It is a XML-RPC based API, so you can use whatever language you like to interface with it, though most people seem to prefer the Python bindings that ship with XCP and XenServer. And yes, the Xen API handles both (1) and (2). Mike _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Manigandan
2011-Jun-21 11:58 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Xen Management APIs for backup and recovery
Thank you very much.. I will read about this more. Let me know if you find anything interesting in your research :) On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:04 PM, George Shuklin <george.shuklin@gmail.com>wrote:> Yes, xapi do have XenAPI (pretty good documented for XenServer and XCP). > You can do snapshots and export them. > > Right now I''m researching more interesting way to backup VMs via > snapshot on storage LVM (not created by xapi) and accessing LVM within > this snapshot locally on storage (kinda hack...). > > > В Втр, 21/06/2011 в 15:56 +0530, Manigandan пишет: > > Thanks George... > > > > > > Folks at xen-api, can you help with the below question? > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:09 PM, George Dunlap > > <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com> wrote: > > I think your best bet is to interface with xapi, which is > > being run as > > a separate project (though obviously tightly coupled). > > xen-api@lists.xensource.com is the best place to find the > > people you > > want to talk to. > > > > Peace, > > -George > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Manigandan > > <bmani27@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > I am from a backup software company and am looking into the > > methods to > > > backup the Xen vms. We have already solutions for Vmware and > > HyperV. We are > > > now concentrating on the Xen virtualization due to the > > market gain that Xen > > > is gettting. So wanted to know > > > 1) If Xen has a management SDK/APIs that can be used to > > manage the VMs > > > remotely > > > 2) If Xen has disk access APIs that can be used to > > read/write Xen virtual > > > disks. > > > > > > -- > > > Thanks in Advance, > > > -Mani. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xen-devel mailing list > > > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Take Care, > > -Mani. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > >-- Take Care, -Mani. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel