On 02/08/2013 04:56 AM, harryxiyou wrote:
Hi all,
Virsh has following operations about snapshot.
Snapshot (help keyword 'snapshot')
snapshot-create Create a snapshot from XML
snapshot-create-as Create a snapshot from a set of args
snapshot-current Get or set the current snapshot
snapshot-delete Delete a domain snapshot
snapshot-dumpxml Dump XML for a domain snapshot
snapshot-edit edit XML for a snapshot
snapshot-info snapshot information
snapshot-list List snapshots for a domain
snapshot-parent Get the name of the parent of a snapshot
snapshot-revert Revert a domain to a snapshot
These commands are related to domain snapshots.
But i cannot find relevant realization in Sheepdog storage driver in Libvirt.
That would be a storage volume snapshot, which is a different task.
Remember, a domain snapshot may include storage volume snapshots, and
may also include memory state snapshots, which makes it a more
comprehensive task; but also that some of the work of a domain snapshot
is offloaded to qemu, whereas storage volume snapshot manipulation would
have to be done in libvirt independently of qemu. At one point I
proposed API for doing storage volume snapshot manipulation, but it
never became a pressing need, so no one has implemented it yet.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-June/msg00761.html
I am sure Sheepdog storage driver, now, cannot support snapshot
operations
in Libvirt. I wonder whether Sheepdog can realize snapshot operations
in Libvirt?
Not just sheepdog, but qcow2 storage volume management would also
benefit from storage volume snapshot commands.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library
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