Fileset Examples

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This section presents several Fileset configuration examples for common Libvirt Plugin use cases.

Job: Accurate mode must be enabled

Job {
   Name = "JobName"
   JobDefs = "DefaultJobValues"
   Accurate = yes
}

Fileset: Back up all resources (domains and storage pools) on a local Libvirt server

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-all
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt:"
   }
}

Fileset: Back up a specific domain (debian12) on a local Libvirt serverr

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-debian12
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: domain=debian12"
   }
}

Fileset: Back up a specific domain (debian12) using quiescing on a local Libvirt server

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-debian12-quiesce
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: domain=debian12 quiesce"
   }
}

Fileset: Back up a specific domain (debian12) excluding storage pool configuration

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-debian12-w-o-storage-pools
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: domain=debian12 storage_pools_config=no"
   }
}

Fileset: Back up all domains starting with “debian”, excluding debian10, with cold backup enabled

   Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-all-debian-except-10
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: domain_regex=debian.* domain_exclude=debian10 cold_backup"
   }
}

Fileset: Parallel backups for multiple domains on a local Libvirt server

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-parallel-debian12
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: domain=debian12 nbd_server_port=10809 nbd_client_port=10809"
   }
}

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-parallel-ubuntu2404
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: domain=ubuntu2404  nbd_server_port=10810 nbd_client_port=10810"
   }
}

Fileset: Back up a domain while excluding a specific disk using the checkpoint method

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-parallel-debian12
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: domain=debian12 backup_method=checkpoint domain_disk_exclude=/var/lib/libvirt/images/debian12-2.qcow2"
   }
}

Fileset: Local backup on a RHEL host with a custom SELinux context (virt_image_t)

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-rhel-host-diff-context-debian12
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: backup_method=block_dev libvirt_user=\"qemu\" libvirt_group=\"qemu\" selinux_context=\"virt_image_t\""
   }
}

Fileset: Back up a domain using the block_dev method on a remote RHEL Libvirt server

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-remote-rhel-host-debian12
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: domain=debian12 backup_method=\"block_dev\" ssh_private_key_path=\"/opt/bacula/etc/libvirt_hyp_priv_rsa\" uri=\"qemu+ssh://root@remote-rhel-host/system\" nbd_server_address=\"0.0.0.0\" nbd_client_address=\"remote-rhel-host\" libvirt_user=\"qemu\" libvirt_group=\"qemu\""
   }
}

Fileset: Back up a domain on a remote Libvirt server using SSH

Fileset {
   Name = fs-libvirt-remote-rhel-host-debian12
   Include {
      Plugin = "libvirt: domain=debian12 uri=\"qemu+ssh://root@remote-rhel-host/system\" nbd_server_address=\"0.0.0.0\" nbd_client_address=\"remote-rhel-host\" libvirt_user=\"qemu\" libvirt_group=\"qemu\""
   }
}