Backup as .ova to remote NFS
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Wondering if there was a simple way to backup (ideal) or manually export as OVA to a remote NFS ?
Doing so as .xva works just fine using the XO backup functions, but for our limited Use Case we need each export as .ova and before we script something was wondering if anyone had any clever ideas?
Thanks!
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The REST API supports exporting a VM in OVA format.
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@shorian ova export is here to ensure compatibility with other systems, but is far more brittle (and slow) than xva export
For a regular export, I would really advise to use xva export if it's possible to make it work with your use case.
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@florent 100% agree, sadly not an option in this particular scenario. Had hoped for a hidden switch that would allow backups to be downgraded to ova but tbh the API will do the job just fine.
Thanks all; appreciated
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@shorian ova are generated on the fly by XO ( generating a tar of acceptable .ovf metadata file + one vmdk in stream optimized per disk ) . Hope it will work enough for your need.
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Is it possible to tell us more about the need? Maybe it could help us to think about something on our side
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@olivierlambert Client is a proxmox shop and whilst tolerating services running in XCP-ng / XO world they require that if everything fails they have the ability to pick up the pieces in-house. Proxmox has easy import of .ova but very manual process for .xva hence....
