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diff --git a/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst b/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst index 814c29bbe1..39e62c9915 100644 --- a/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst +++ b/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ QEMU block layer supports. (3) ``drive-mirror`` (and ``blockdev-mirror``): Synchronize a running disk to another image. -(4) ``drive-backup`` (and ``blockdev-backup``): Point-in-time (live) copy - of a block device to a destination. +(4) ``blockdev-backup`` (and the deprecated ``drive-backup``): + Point-in-time (live) copy of a block device to a destination. .. _`Interacting with a QEMU instance`: @@ -555,13 +555,14 @@ Currently, there are four different kinds: (3) ``none`` -- Synchronize only the new writes from this point on. - .. note:: In the case of ``drive-backup`` (or ``blockdev-backup``), - the behavior of ``none`` synchronization mode is different. - Normally, a ``backup`` job consists of two parts: Anything - that is overwritten by the guest is first copied out to - the backup, and in the background the whole image is - copied from start to end. With ``sync=none``, it's only - the first part. + .. note:: In the case of ``blockdev-backup`` (or deprecated + ``drive-backup``), the behavior of ``none`` + synchronization mode is different. Normally, a + ``backup`` job consists of two parts: Anything that is + overwritten by the guest is first copied out to the + backup, and in the background the whole image is copied + from start to end. With ``sync=none``, it's only the + first part. (4) ``incremental`` -- Synchronize content that is described by the dirty bitmap @@ -928,19 +929,22 @@ Shutdown the guest, by issuing the ``quit`` QMP command:: } -Live disk backup --- ``drive-backup`` and ``blockdev-backup`` -------------------------------------------------------------- +Live disk backup --- ``blockdev-backup`` and the deprecated``drive-backup`` +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -The ``drive-backup`` (and its newer equivalent ``blockdev-backup``) allows +The ``blockdev-backup`` (and the deprecated ``drive-backup``) allows you to create a point-in-time snapshot. -In this case, the point-in-time is when you *start* the ``drive-backup`` -(or its newer equivalent ``blockdev-backup``) command. +In this case, the point-in-time is when you *start* the +``blockdev-backup`` (or deprecated ``drive-backup``) command. QMP invocation for ``drive-backup`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Note that ``drive-backup`` command is deprecated since QEMU 6.2 and +will be removed in future. + Yet again, starting afresh with our example disk image chain:: [A] <-- [B] <-- [C] <-- [D] @@ -965,11 +969,22 @@ will be issued, indicating the live block device job operation has completed, and no further action is required. +Moving from the deprecated ``drive-backup`` to newer ``blockdev-backup`` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``blockdev-backup`` differs from ``drive-backup`` in how you specify +the backup target. With ``blockdev-backup`` you can't specify filename +as a target. Instead you use ``node-name`` of existing block node, +which you may add by ``blockdev-add`` or ``blockdev-create`` commands. +Correspondingly, ``blockdev-backup`` doesn't have ``mode`` and +``format`` arguments which don't apply to an existing block node. See +following sections for details and examples. + + Notes on ``blockdev-backup`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The ``blockdev-backup`` command is equivalent in functionality to -``drive-backup``, except that it operates at node-level in a Block Driver +The ``blockdev-backup`` command operates at node-level in a Block Driver State (BDS) graph. E.g. the sequence of actions to create a point-in-time backup |