Comments on: ec2-manage-snapshots http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/ Adventures in cloud computing Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Amazon EC2 Backup: Purging old snapshots | TrailHunger.com Technical Blog http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Amazon EC2 Backup: Purging old snapshots | TrailHunger.com Technical Blog Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:50:59 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-95 [...] found a script that looked useful: ec2-manage-snapshots. This script takes a volume id as a parameter and then applies a scheme where you can specify the [...] [...] found a script that looked useful: ec2-manage-snapshots. This script takes a volume id as a parameter and then applies a scheme where you can specify the [...]

]]> By: Edward Sargisson http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Edward Sargisson Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:58:46 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-94 Hi, Great script and very useful to me. I've forked and modified it to handle specifying snapshots using tags. This is because of the way I manage my volumes. I have a single instance which is automatically rebuilt by Chef it if fails. To do this it starts new volumes from existing snapshots. This means that volume ids don't work but tagging the snapshots does. The commit is: https://github.com/ejsarge/ec2-purge-snapshots/commit/3d942a92cc4363d7f7a2d0d0bcdf8ed12580e289 I've added a pull request to your queue. Feel free to ask me for whatever licence you need. Note that I had to refactor the main code in order to do this so the commit looks scarier than it is. Note that I'm a Ruby and Git newbie so my apologies if I've screwed something up. Thanks for the hard work. Cheers, Edward Hi,
Great script and very useful to me. I’ve forked and modified it to handle specifying snapshots using tags. This is because of the way I manage my volumes. I have a single instance which is automatically rebuilt by Chef it if fails. To do this it starts new volumes from existing snapshots. This means that volume ids don’t work but tagging the snapshots does.

The commit is: https://github.com/ejsarge/ec2-purge-snapshots/commit/3d942a92cc4363d7f7a2d0d0bcdf8ed12580e289

I’ve added a pull request to your queue. Feel free to ask me for whatever licence you need.

Note that I had to refactor the main code in order to do this so the commit looks scarier than it is.

Note that I’m a Ruby and Git newbie so my apologies if I’ve screwed something up.

Thanks for the hard work.

Cheers,
Edward

]]> By: hueen http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-90 hueen Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:59:17 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-90 very helpful and much appreciated tool for cleaning out our 600+ snapshots! very helpful and much appreciated tool for cleaning out our 600+ snapshots!

]]> By: David Cumps http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-70 David Cumps Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:27:21 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-70 You have a bug when using a different region than US. Although you give a choice to select a region in the config file, it is never passed to the Zend EC2 classes. This meant they were always talking to the US webservice and I never got any results back When I tried changing the bin/ec2-manage-snapshots.php file to include this: Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Ebs::setRegion('eu-west-1'); It worked :) You have a bug when using a different region than US.

Although you give a choice to select a region in the config file, it is never passed to the Zend EC2 classes.

This meant they were always talking to the US webservice and I never got any results back

When I tried changing the bin/ec2-manage-snapshots.php file to include this:

Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Ebs::setRegion(‘eu-west-1′);

It worked :)

]]> By: David Killingsworth http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-65 David Killingsworth Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:43:33 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-65 I couldn't figure this out, so I went back to the script here -> http://www.sambastream.com/blogs/dgildeh/12-03-10/implementing-revolving-backups-aws-ec2 I couldn’t figure this out, so I went back to the script here -> http://www.sambastream.com/blogs/dgildeh/12-03-10/implementing-revolving-backups-aws-ec2

]]> By: David Killingsworth http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-64 David Killingsworth Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:54:30 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-64 I found that I had a problem before in the script and now I've figured out that I wasn't passing -- args in the command. This is what I'm getting now. $ sudo /usr/bin/php -f /opt/scripts/bin/ec2-manage-snapshots.php -- args -v vol-9cc356e5 There was an error running /opt/scripts/bin/ec2-manage-snapshots.php Error Message: The provided "vol-9cc356e5" volume does not exist I'm 100% sure that the volume with that volume id does exist. Any ideas? if I run ec2-describe-volumes --region eu-west-1, I see vol-9cc356e5 in the list of my volumes. I found that I had a problem before in the script and now I’ve figured out that I wasn’t passing — args in the command. This is what I’m getting now.

$ sudo /usr/bin/php -f /opt/scripts/bin/ec2-manage-snapshots.php — args -v vol-9cc356e5

There was an error running /opt/scripts/bin/ec2-manage-snapshots.php
Error Message: The provided “vol-9cc356e5″ volume does not exist

I’m 100% sure that the volume with that volume id does exist. Any ideas?

if I run ec2-describe-volumes –region eu-west-1, I see vol-9cc356e5 in the list of my volumes.

]]> By: The Cloud Walker http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-63 The Cloud Walker Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:57:25 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-63 Yes, we always keep the last 7 days worth of snapshots if I recall correctly Yes, we always keep the last 7 days worth of snapshots if I recall correctly

]]> By: David Killingsworth http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-62 David Killingsworth Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:53:20 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-62 I'm using Nick Millers fork of this. I'm running an Ubuntu 10.04 server with PHP 5.3 When I run this command, this is all I get. I can't tell if it's working or not. PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Jan 12 2011 18:36:08) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies I have only started creating snapshots over the last couple of days, so maybe it doesn't have anything to delete. Any tips appreciated. I’m using Nick Millers fork of this. I’m running an Ubuntu 10.04 server with PHP 5.3

When I run this command, this is all I get. I can’t tell if it’s working or not.

PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Jan 12 2011 18:36:08)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies

I have only started creating snapshots over the last couple of days, so maybe it doesn’t have anything to delete.

Any tips appreciated.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Jordan Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:45:07 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-55 This one didn't want to play ball for some reason so I wrote my own based on yours but using the AWS PHP SDK. https://github.com/jdelaune/AWS-EC2-Snapshot-Management This one didn’t want to play ball for some reason so I wrote my own based on yours but using the AWS PHP SDK.

https://github.com/jdelaune/AWS-EC2-Snapshot-Management

]]> By: dave http://www.thecloudsaga.com/aws-ec2-manage-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-51 dave Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:24:18 +0000 http://www.thecloudsaga.com/?p=59#comment-51 I believe you and I am trying to find the post that made me think I had to keep the original... no luck. Anyway, it is easy to prove with some testing. Thanks for your help and your script. I believe you and I am trying to find the post that made me think I had to keep the original… no luck. Anyway, it is easy to prove with some testing. Thanks for your help and your script.

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