Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Support transient attribute on vmware disks
OK… So what is the next step?
I just noticed the <metadata> node
(http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsMetadata), could that be used for this?
E.g.
<metadata>
<vpx:vmxpath xmlns:vpx=“http://libvirt.org/vmware/“>[foo]
bar/bar.vmx</vpx:vmxpath>
</metadata>
Otherwise it seems to me that this would be part of the general section, perhaps simply a
“path” node?
Wout.
On Dec 27, 2013, at 21:26 , Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 12/26/2013 04:02 PM, Wout Mertens wrote:
> Workarounds I can think of:
> - Augment the domain xml description so it also defines the storage pool on which the
created domain should reside
This is a good idea which I've wanted for other reasons - the qemu
driver also has instances where we are sticking large files in a
hard-coded directory (such as 'virsh managedsave') but where people have
complained that they would like to control what directory gets used for
it. Adding an element to the <domain> xml that gives the name of the
preferred virStoragePool for all operations requiring potentially large
files associated with the domain is a change worth making.
> The first way seems the cleanest but is probably also the most work and touches more
code.
Maybe, but it is the right thing to do.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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