Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] snapshot: improve qemu handling of reused snapshot targets

2012-03-27 Thread Peter Krempa
Dňa 20.3.2012 22:29, Eric Blake wrote / napísal(a): The oVirt developers have stated that the real reasons they want to have qemu reuse existing volumes when creating a snapshot are: 1. the management framework is set up so that creation has to be done from a central node for proper resource tra

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] snapshot: improve qemu handling of reused snapshot targets

2012-03-23 Thread Eric Blake
On 03/23/2012 11:06 AM, Jiri Denemark wrote: > > I would agree. It makes more sense if REUSE reuses the whole file including > its content instead of reusing just the file name and some metadata. > >> Note that this flag is all-or-nothing, and only selects between >> 'existing' and the default 'a

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] snapshot: improve qemu handling of reused snapshot targets

2012-03-23 Thread Jiri Denemark
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 15:29:37 -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > The oVirt developers have stated that the real reasons they want > to have qemu reuse existing volumes when creating a snapshot are: > 1. the management framework is set up so that creation has to be > done from a central node for proper r

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] snapshot: improve qemu handling of reused snapshot targets

2012-03-22 Thread Eric Blake
On 03/20/2012 03:29 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > The oVirt developers have stated that the real reasons they want > to have qemu reuse existing volumes when creating a snapshot are: > 1. the management framework is set up so that creation has to be > done from a central node for proper resource tracking

[libvirt] [PATCH] snapshot: improve qemu handling of reused snapshot targets

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Blake
The oVirt developers have stated that the real reasons they want to have qemu reuse existing volumes when creating a snapshot are: 1. the management framework is set up so that creation has to be done from a central node for proper resource tracking, and having libvirt and/or qemu create things vio