From 7bb7a61609381d581dc657ed7fd69c8d8027c38a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hagen Finley Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:37:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] WinSMB volume driver doc: Add Volume backup support This update is based on the Windows SMB: Volume Backup support blueprint and merged change 528352 authored and committed by Lucian Petrut: Change ID: I8769a135974240fdf7cebd4b6d74aaa439ba1f27 Change-Id: If5eea46db6049afc585784277b9f232c26e6da34 --- .../block-storage/drivers/windows-smb-volume-driver.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/windows-smb-volume-driver.rst b/doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/windows-smb-volume-driver.rst index 91c128ec292..5845c1ccb68 100644 --- a/doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/windows-smb-volume-driver.rst +++ b/doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/windows-smb-volume-driver.rst @@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ consumer side (e.g. Hyper-V). cinder create $size --volume-type $volume_type_id .. end +The ``Cinder Backup Service`` can be run on Windows. This driver stores +the volumes using vhdx images stored on SMB shares which can be attached +in order to retrieve the volume data and send it to the backup service. + +Prerequisites: + +* All physical disks must be in byte mode +* rb+ must be used when writing backups to disk + Clustering support ------------------ Active-Active Cinder clustering is currently experimental and should not be