From 218d4cf4331eaeaa522e3c4acc6bb7be870ffe3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Krempa Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:14:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Mention support for full backups via virDomainBackupBegin Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik --- NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 9d819a3cf2..2142cbd21e 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 driver now allows taking full disk backups via the + ``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** -- 2.47.2