Description of configuration options for backups
Configuration option=Default value Description
backup_api_class=cinder.backup.api.API (StrOpt) The full class name of the volume backup API class
backup_compression_algorithm=zlib (StrOpt) Compression algorithm (None to disable)
backup_driver=cinder.backup.drivers.swift (StrOpt) Driver to use for backups.
backup_manager=cinder.backup.manager.BackupManager (StrOpt) full class name for the Manager for volume backup
backup_name_template=backup-%s (StrOpt) Template string to be used to generate backup names
backup_topic=cinder-backup (StrOpt) the topic volume backup nodes listen on
snapshot_name_template=snapshot-%s (StrOpt) Template string to be used to generate snapshot names
snapshot_same_host=True (BoolOpt) Create volume from snapshot at the host where snapshot resides