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• createBackupSchedule: creates a backup schedule for a VM
• updateBackupSchedule: updates backup schedule
• listBackupSchedule: returns backup schedule of a VM if defined
  
• deleteBackupSchedule: deletes backup schedule of a VM

Notes and assumptions:

• The backup schedule defines a CloudStack driven backup schedule where CloudStack will schedule/start adhoc backups based on provided interval/schedule for a VM.
• The backup schedule runs in addition to operator-defined settings for an external backup job/offering which may enforce its own schedule and retention limit (such as the number of backups to keep). 
• Constraints:
• VM can only have a single backup container/veeam job, i.e. a single backup offering
• VM with backup offerings/backups not allowed to attach/detach volumes (like VM snapshots)
• For disabled zone, disabled account or missing VM or missing backup offering, backup and backup schedules are skipped
• Only one backup schedule per VM (unlike recurring snapshots that allows for multiple schedules/policies)

Schema

This feature introduces changes in the schema, adding the following entities:

• Backup table: backups
• Backup schedule table: backup_schedule
• Backup Offering: backup_offering
• Backup usage helper table: usage_backup 
• Changes in user_vm_view to allow listing of backup offering/name in listVirtualMachines response

Backup and Recovery Providers

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