Am 15.07.25 um 16:31 schrieb Aaron Lauterer:
> For PVE9 we plan to add additional fields in the metrics that are
> collected and distributed in the cluster. The new fields/columns are
> added at the end of the current ones. This makes it possible for PVE8
> installations to still use them by cutting the new additional data.
>
> To make it more future proof, the format of the keys for each metrics
> are changed:
>
> Old: pve{version}-{type}/{id}
> New: pve-{type}-{version}/{id}
>
> This way we have an easier time to handle new versions in the future as
> we initially only need to check for `pve-{type}-`. If we know the
> version, we can handle it accordingly; e.g. pad if older format with
> missing data. If we don't know the version, it must be a newer one and
> we cut the data stream at the length we need for the current version.
>
> This means of course that to avoid a breaking change, we can only add
> new columns if needed, but not remove any! But waiting for a breaking
> change until the next major release is a worthy trade-off if it allows
> us to expand the format in between if needed.
>
> Since the full keys were used for the final location within the RRD
> directory, we need to change that as well and set it manually to
> 'pve2-{type}' as the key we receive could be for a newer data format.
>
> The 'rrd_skip_data' function got a new parameter defining the sepataring
> character. This then makes it possible to use it to determine which part
> of the key string is the version/type and which one is the actual
> resource identifier.
>
> We drop the pve2-vm schema as the newer pve2.3-vm has been introduced
> with commit ba9dcfc1 back in 2013. By now there should be no cluster
> where an older node might still send the old pve2-vm schema.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer <a.laute...@proxmox.com>
> ---
> src/pmxcfs/status.c | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
>
applied, thanks!
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