Re: [libvirt] Re: [Patch v0.4] iSCSI Multi-IQN (Libvirt Support)

> > > 2) By using iscsiadm commands like the following > > # iscsiadm -m iface -I <iface_name> -o new > > # iscsiadm -m iface -I iface1 --op=update -n iface.initiatorname -v > > <iqnname> > > In that case, why don't we make libvirt automatically set things up > this > way whenever it sees the IQN in the XML file. > > > We don't change the default initiatorname with libvirt/virt manager > > today right ? So, we haven't added any apis to manage the iface file > > name using libvirt as such. > > > > But if required by virt-manager(to create a single window of > management) > > the iface file could be constructed using libvirt apis that call the > > iscsiadm commands detailed in method 2) > > We don't need to add any new APIs for this - just automatically add the > mapping whenever logging into a target with a IQN that we don't already > know about > How do we ensure that the iqn is not already known and libvirt is creating the corresponding iface file for the first time? That would mean searching through the IFACES_DIR which has been opposed in the thread...

Also, how do we go about creating unique iface filenames when automatically creating them using libvirt ?