VM Backup on ODA X7-2M

[Zeina]

Hello,

I have an ODA X7-2M with KVM VM configured as raw image. How can I take a backup of it since Snapshots are only supported with qcow2 format?

Thank you in advance.

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Here is a way to import a vm image with qcow2 format ->

https://blogs.oracle.com/oda/kvm-import-an-ova-template

However; getting backups using snapshot is not documented for ODA.

You may try using qemu-nbd's snapshot option (qemu-nbd --snapshot ), but as this is not documented , the risk is yours.