Case Study: Rentalia simplifies VM disk backups with OpenNebula Systems and Bacula

Rentalia Experiences with OpenNebula and Bacula

Rentalia, a company operating online, utilized OpenNebula for virtualization and required a method to back up their virtual machine disk images. Their challenge was integrating their backup solution, Bacula, with OpenNebula to create hot snapshots of VM disks without disrupting their production and development environments.

OpenNebula provided the capability through its disk-snapshot feature. The solution involved creating custom scripts that leveraged OpenNebula's command to take a live snapshot, which Bacula would then store. This integration allowed Rentalia to reliably back up specific VM disks. While the article notes the solution could be refined further, it successfully met their needs for a functional and efficient backup process.

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