Red Hat Summit8.2. Restoring a Virtual Machine
Restore a virtual machine that has been backed up using the backup and restore API. This procedure assumes you have a backup virtual machine on which the software used to manage the previous backup is installed.
Procedure 8.2. Restoring a Virtual Machine
- Attach the disk to the backup virtual machine:
POST /api/vms/22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222/disks/ HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/xml Content-type: application/xml <disk id="11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111"> </disk>
- Use the backup software to restore the backup to the disk.
- Detach the disk from the backup virtual machine:
DELETE /api/vms/22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222/disks/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/xml Content-type: application/xml <action> <detach>true</detach> </action> - Create a new virtual machine using the configuration data of the virtual machine being restored:
POST /api/vms/ HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/xml Content-type: application/xml <vm> <cluster> <name>cluster_name</name> </cluster> <name>NAME</name> ... </vm> - Attach the disk to the new virtual machine:
POST /api/vms/33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333/disks/ HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/xml Content-type: application/xml <disk id="11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111"> </disk>
You have restored a virtual machine using a backup that was created using the backup and restore API.
