Re: [PATCH 3/3] NEWS: Mention support for full backups via virDomainBackupBegin
On 3/18/21 11:45 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com>
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NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 9d819a3cf2..c2013ecac9 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ v7.2.0 (unreleased)
The memory dirty rate stats can be obtained through ``virsh domstats
--dirtyrate`` via the virConnectGetAllDomainStats API.
+ * qemu: Full disk backups via ``virDomainBackupBegin``
+
+ The qemu hypervisor dirver now allows taking full disk backups via the
driver
+ ``virDomainBackupBegin`` API and the corresponding virsh
wrapper.
+
+ In future releases the feature will be extended to also support incremental
+ backups (where only the difference since the last backup is copied) when
+ qemu adds the required functionality.
+
* **Improvements**
* **Bug fixes**
--
Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226
Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org