Backup KVM Guest VM in OVA or VMDK format

[Kaushal Shriyan]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 7:38 PM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 12:28 AM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 9:39 PM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there a way to backup KVM Guest VM in kvmguestosimage.ova or
>>> kvmguestosimage.vmdk format as I am trying to restore it in AWS by
>>> referring to https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/vm-import/ article as per the
>>> below supported file format.
>>>
>>> [1] Open Virtualization Archive (OVA)
>>> [2] Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK)
>>> [3] Virtual Hard Disk (VHD/VHDX)
>>> [4] raw
>>>
>>> Also any method to take full and incremental backup of KVM Guest VM.
>>>
>>> Any help will be highly appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you.
>>> Thanks in Advance.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Kaushal
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Checking in again if someone can pitch in for my earlier post to this
>> mailing list. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Kaushal
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I followed the below steps by referring to
> https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmimport-image-import.html
> .
>
> # qemu-img -h | grep Supported
> Supported formats: blkdebug blklogwrites blkverify compress
> copy-before-write copy-on-read file ftp ftps gluster host_cdrom host_device
> http https iscsi iser luks nbd null-aio null-co nvme preallocate qcow2
> quorum raw rbd ssh throttle vhdx vmdk vpc
>
> # qemu-img --version
> qemu-img version 6.2.0 (qemu-kvm-6.2.0-12.module_el8.7.0+1140+ff0772f9)
> Copyright (c) 2003-2021 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
> #
>
> *Step No. 1*
> #qemu-img convert -O vmdk openapibox.img openapibox.vmdk -p
>
> *Step No. 2*
> #aws ec2 import-image --disk-containers
> Format=vmdk,UserBucket="{S3Bucket=daclabservers,S3Key=openapidbox.vmdk}"
> {
>     "ImportTaskId": "import-ami-0232f452194f6efe0",
>     "Progress": "1",
>     "SnapshotDetails": [
>         {
>             "DiskImageSize": 0.0,
>             "Format": "VMDK",
>             "UserBucket": {
>                 "S3Bucket": "daclabservers",
>                 "S3Key": "openapibox.vmdk"
>             }
>         }
>     ],
>     "Status": "active",
>     "StatusMessage": "pending"
> }
>
> *Step No. 3*
> #aws ec2 describe-import-image-tasks --import-task-ids
> import-ami-0232f452194f6efe0
> {
>     "ImportImageTasks": [
>         {
>             "ImportTaskId": "import-ami-0232f452194f6efe0",
>             "SnapshotDetails": [
>                 {
>                     "DiskImageSize": 0.0,
>                     "Status": "completed"
>                 }
>             ],
>             "Status": "deleted",
>             "StatusMessage": "ClientError: Disk validation failed
> [Unsupported VMDK File Format]",
>             "Tags": []
>         }
>     ]
> }
>
> Please guide me. Am I missing anything? Thanks in advance.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kaushal
>

Hi,

I will appreciate it if someone can pitch in for my earlier post to this
mailing list and need guidance in this regard. I look forward to hearing
from you. Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Kaushal
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