diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/6989-blackpiglet b/changelogs/unreleased/6989-blackpiglet index 4eae63eaee..5dfb8f1cf4 100644 --- a/changelogs/unreleased/6989-blackpiglet +++ b/changelogs/unreleased/6989-blackpiglet @@ -1 +1 @@ -Add both non-Windows version and Windows version code for PVC block mode logic. \ No newline at end of file +Limit PVC block mode logic to non-Windows platform. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/design/volume-snapshot-data-movement/volume-snapshot-data-movement.md b/design/volume-snapshot-data-movement/volume-snapshot-data-movement.md index 674284433c..b3355e793b 100644 --- a/design/volume-snapshot-data-movement/volume-snapshot-data-movement.md +++ b/design/volume-snapshot-data-movement/volume-snapshot-data-movement.md @@ -666,6 +666,9 @@ At present, VBDM doesn't support recovery, so it will follow the second rule. ## Kopia For Block Device To work with block devices, VGDP will be updated. Today, when Kopia attempts to create a snapshot of the block device, it will error because kopia does not support this file type. Kopia does have a nice set of interfaces that are able to be extended though. +**Notice** +The Kopia block mode uploader only supports non-Windows platforms, because the block mode code invokes some system calls that are not present in the Windows platform. + To achieve the necessary information to determine the type of volume that is being used, we will need to pass in the volume mode in provider interface. ```go diff --git a/site/content/docs/main/csi-snapshot-data-movement.md b/site/content/docs/main/csi-snapshot-data-movement.md index c9ff42d3eb..b6a03ad12e 100644 --- a/site/content/docs/main/csi-snapshot-data-movement.md +++ b/site/content/docs/main/csi-snapshot-data-movement.md @@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ that anyone who has access to your backup storage can decrypt your backup data** to the backup storage appropriately. - [Velero built-in data mover] Even though the backup data could be incrementally preserved, for a single file data, Velero built-in data mover leverages on deduplication to find the difference to be saved. This means that large files (such as ones storing a database) will take a long time to scan for data deduplication, even if the actual difference is small. - [Velero built-in data mover] You may need to [customize the resource limits][11] to make sure backups complete successfully for massive small files or large backup size cases, for more details refer to [Velero file system level backup performance guide][12]. +- The block mode is supported by the Kopia uploader, but it only supports non-Windows platforms, because the block mode code invokes some system calls that are not present in the Windows platform. ## Troubleshooting diff --git a/site/content/docs/v1.12/csi-snapshot-data-movement.md b/site/content/docs/v1.12/csi-snapshot-data-movement.md index 6705a31450..a50d41abab 100644 --- a/site/content/docs/v1.12/csi-snapshot-data-movement.md +++ b/site/content/docs/v1.12/csi-snapshot-data-movement.md @@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ that anyone who has access to your backup storage can decrypt your backup data** to the backup storage appropriately. - [Velero built-in data mover] Even though the backup data could be incrementally preserved, for a single file data, Velero built-in data mover leverages on deduplication to find the difference to be saved. This means that large files (such as ones storing a database) will take a long time to scan for data deduplication, even if the actual difference is small. - [Velero built-in data mover] You may need to [customize the resource limits][11] to make sure backups complete successfully for massive small files or large backup size cases, for more details refer to [Velero file system level backup performance guide][12]. +- The block mode is supported by the Kopia uploader, but it only supports non-Windows platforms, because the block mode code invokes some system calls that are not present in the Windows platform. ## Troubleshooting