From: John Wilkins Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:15:35 +0000 (-0700) Subject: doc: Added a snapshot page with outline. Needs additional info. X-Git-Tag: v0.49~83^2~18 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=992faa42e1551efd411cedd8e6835016856f8f9a;p=ceph.git doc: Added a snapshot page with outline. Needs additional info. Signed-off-by: John Wilkins --- diff --git a/doc/rbd/rbd-snapshot.rst b/doc/rbd/rbd-snapshot.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4604b43fc3c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rbd/rbd-snapshot.rst @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +================== + RBD Snapshotting +================== +One of the advanced features of RADOS block devices is that you can create +snapshots of the images to retain a history of an image's state. Ceph supports +RBD snapshots from the ``rbd`` command, from a kernel object, from a +KVM, and from cloud solutions. Once you create snapshots of an image, you +can rollback to a snapshot, list snapshots, remove snapshots and purge +the snapshots. + +.. important:: To use use RBD snapshots, you must have a running Ceph cluster. + +.. important:: Generally, you should stop i/o before snapshotting an image. + If the image contains a filesystem, the filesystem should be in a + consistent state before snapshotting too. + + +Create Snapshot +--------------- + + +You can take snapshots of RBD images. + +List Snapshots +-------------- + + + +Rollback Snapshot +----------------- + + + +Delete a Snapshot +----------------- + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/rbd/rbd.rst b/doc/rbd/rbd.rst index 5f797c06645b..af1682f6a949 100644 --- a/doc/rbd/rbd.rst +++ b/doc/rbd/rbd.rst @@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ the Ceph FS filesystem, and RADOS block devices simultaneously. RADOS Commands Kernel Objects + RBD Snapshots QEMU and RBD libvirt RBD and OpenStack - \ No newline at end of file +