+1 On 04/01/09 23:38, Tim Marsland wrote: > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI > This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > vdiskadm convert > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Susan Kamm-Worrell > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 01 April, 2009 > 4. Technical Description > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI > This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > vdiskadm convert > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Susan Kamm-Worrell > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 1 April, 2009 > 4. Technical Description > > 4.1. Summary > > This fast-track introduces four new commands to vdiskadm, an administrative > tool to manage virtual disks. It also introduces a new virtual disk type, > vhd, which is the native Microsoft virtual disk format. > > Minor release binding is requested. > > The materials directory contains the updated manpage. > > 4.2. Discussion > > The vdiskadm import and export commands listed in the fast-track > PSARC/2008/597 are now being allowed for general use. The > vdiskadm convert and translate commands are new. > > Virtual appliances consist of configuration and disk data files. > To use disk data files they need to be imported to > a virtual disk understood by xvm. Also, block devices > used as virtual disks can have their data imported into a virtual > disk allowing the disk data to be saved or moved to another system. > > Conversely, a virtual disk created by xvm may need to be exported > in order to be used by Virtual Box or other virtualization technologies. > Virtual disk data can also be exported to a block device that can be > used as the disk for a guest domain. > > Both import and export commands can convert the disk data to a different > virtual disk type during their execution. The vdiskadm convert command > allows the user to convert an existing virtual disk to a different type. > This is especially helpful in comparison of virtual disk type performance > where different virtual disk types containing the same data can be > compared. > > The translate command is a conversion of a disk data file from > one virtual disk type to another without creating an actual vdisk. > This allows the user to translate disk data from a virtual appliance > directly to a zvol or other block device. This may also be useful > for converting disk data from a block device directly to a data file > for use with Virtual Box. > > Listed are the new vdiskadm commands: > import Imports a file or block device data into a virtual disk > export Exports a virtual disk data into a file or block device. > convert Converts a virtual disk to a different type > translate Translates data from a file or block device to > another of a different type > > 4.3. Interfaces > > vdiskadm command is Uncommitted. > > 5. References: > > PSARC/2006/260 Solaris on Xen > PSARC/2008/597 vdiskadm > > 6. Resources and Schedule: > 6.4. Product Approval Committee requested information: > 6.4.1. Consolidation or Component Name: > ON > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > ON > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open > >
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