Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
---
 NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 9d819a3cf2..c2013ecac9 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ v7.2.0 (unreleased)
     The memory dirty rate stats can be obtained through ``virsh domstats
     --dirtyrate`` via the virConnectGetAllDomainStats API.

+  * qemu: Full disk backups via ``virDomainBackupBegin``
+
+    The qemu hypervisor dirver now allows taking full disk backups via the
+    ``virDomainBackupBegin`` API and the corresponding virsh wrapper.
+
+    In future releases the feature will be extended to also support incremental
+    backups (where only the difference since the last backup is copied) when
+    qemu adds the required functionality.
+
 * **Improvements**

 * **Bug fixes**
-- 
2.29.2

On 3/18/21 11:45 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
> ---
>  NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
> index 9d819a3cf2..c2013ecac9 100644
> --- a/NEWS.rst
> +++ b/NEWS.rst
> @@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ v7.2.0 (unreleased)
>      The memory dirty rate stats can be obtained through ``virsh domstats
>      --dirtyrate`` via the virConnectGetAllDomainStats API.
> 
> +  * qemu: Full disk backups via ``virDomainBackupBegin``
> +
> +    The qemu hypervisor dirver now allows taking full disk backups via the

driver

> +    ``virDomainBackupBegin`` API and the corresponding virsh wrapper.
> +
> +    In future releases the feature will be extended to also support incremental
> +    backups (where only the difference since the last backup is copied) when
> +    qemu adds the required functionality.
> +
>  * **Improvements**
> 
>  * **Bug fixes**
> 

-- 
Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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