XCP-ng
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    Double CR backup

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Management
    18 Posts 6 Posters 1.8k Views 5 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • Tristis OrisT
      Tristis Oris Top contributor
      last edited by

      I noticed that a single CR backup job creates two VMs in each pool.

      Also, I found an unavailable button in the backup task.
      31572c2f-d359-49ef-bc43-1995064a8521-image.jpeg

      I don't understand when or what exactly was changed.

      P 1 Reply Last reply
      Reply Quote 0
      • P
        ph7 @Tristis Oris
        last edited by

        @Tristis-Oris said:

        Also, I found an unavailable button in the backup task.

        If You have 2 remotes in the job it can be enabled
        Screenshot 2026-03-26 at 14-29-44 Backup.png

        P Tristis OrisT 2 Replies Last reply
        Reply Quote 0
        • P
          Pilow @ph7
          last edited by

          @ph7 and what does it do ? round robin replication ?

          P 1 Reply Last reply
          Reply Quote 0
          • P
            ph7 @Pilow
            last edited by

            @pilow
            https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-6-2/
            Screenshot 2026-03-26 at 15-19-56 Xen Orchestra 6.2.png

            P 1 Reply Last reply
            Reply Quote 0
            • P
              Pilow @ph7
              last edited by

              @ph7 6f1a0216-46b4-4dbc-a619-10e2a07dd2f6-image.jpeg

              still not clear what it does 😕
              "one backup archive of each VM"... on first remote ? on second ? alternatively ?

              P D 2 Replies Last reply
              Reply Quote 0
              • P
                Pilow @Pilow
                last edited by Pilow

                haaaaaaaaaa

                perhaps if you have 4 VMs in the backup job, it will put 2 VMs on first remote, and 2 other in second remote...

                P 1 Reply Last reply
                Reply Quote 0
                • P
                  ph7 @Pilow
                  last edited by

                  @Pilow RTFM 🙂

                  The system spreads data intelligently across the pool. It prioritizes available capacity, while keeping incremental chains consistent.

                  F 1 Reply Last reply
                  Reply Quote 0
                  • F
                    flakpyro @ph7
                    last edited by

                    My understanding is this should only be happening during backups, not a CR run though.

                    D 1 Reply Last reply
                    Reply Quote 0
                    • D
                      DustinB
                      last edited by

                      https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-6-2/

                      In the above blog posting this feature is explained that @ph7 referenced.

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      Reply Quote 0
                      • D
                        DustinB @flakpyro
                        last edited by

                        @flakpyro said:

                        My understanding is this should only be happening during backups, not a CR run though.

                        CR is a form of backup.

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        Reply Quote 0
                        • Tristis OrisT
                          Tristis Oris Top contributor @ph7
                          last edited by

                          @ph7 i have 3)
                          7a90b792-3e32-42cc-9e9b-33c15663196b-image.jpeg

                          still don't get anything.

                          P 1 Reply Last reply
                          Reply Quote 0
                          • P
                            ph7 @Tristis Oris
                            last edited by

                            @Tristis-Oris
                            weird

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            Reply Quote 0
                            • D
                              DustinB @Pilow
                              last edited by

                              @Pilow said:

                              @ph7 6f1a0216-46b4-4dbc-a619-10e2a07dd2f6-image.jpeg

                              still not clear what it does 😕
                              "one backup archive of each VM"... on first remote ? on second ? alternatively ?

                              You get to add multiple backup repo's to your XO instance, if your backup SR becomes full, XO starts using the second, third etc storage repo so you don't have to lift and shift your backups.

                              Tristis OrisT 1 Reply Last reply
                              Reply Quote 0
                              • Tristis OrisT
                                Tristis Oris Top contributor @DustinB
                                last edited by

                                @DustinB but this is impossible scenario. CR requried a VM SR, not a backup one) weird option.

                                D P 2 Replies Last reply
                                Reply Quote 0
                                • D
                                  DustinB @Tristis Oris
                                  last edited by

                                  @Tristis-Oris said:

                                  @DustinB but this is impossible scenario. CR requried a VM SR, not a backup one) weird option.

                                  You're still replicating a VM to a storage repository.

                                  Maybe the system will allow you to create a more flexible CR job using different hosts, rather than 1:1 . . . ?

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  Reply Quote 0
                                  • P
                                    ph7 @Tristis Oris
                                    last edited by

                                    @Tristis-Oris You are correct
                                    It doesn't work in a CR
                                    Screenshot 2026-03-26 at 16-07-03 Backup.png

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    Reply Quote 0
                                    • P
                                      ph7
                                      last edited by

                                      @olivierlambert
                                      It did say replication in the blog post

                                      Screenshot 2026-03-26 at 16-19-54 Xen Orchestra 6.2.png

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      Reply Quote 0
                                      • olivierlambertO
                                        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                                        last edited by

                                        Ping @Team-XO-Backend

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        Reply Quote 0

                                        Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.

                                        Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.

                                        With your input, this post could be even better 💗

                                        Register Login
                                        • First post
                                          Last post