[libvirt] oVirt Live Snapshots

Hi, oVirt, and more specifically VDSM, is currently implementing the live snapshot feature using the API/commands provided by libvirt and qemu. It would be great if you could review the design and the current open issues at: http://ovirt.org/wiki/Live_Snapshots Thank you, -- Federico

Can someone explain what is "DB" in this wiki page? See, Live snapshots operation extend regular snapshots as follow: * Create a locked snapshot in DB On 2012-1-30 19:00, Federico Simoncelli wrote:
Hi, oVirt, and more specifically VDSM, is currently implementing the live snapshot feature using the API/commands provided by libvirt and qemu. It would be great if you could review the design and the current open issues at:
http://ovirt.org/wiki/Live_Snapshots
Thank you,
-- Shu Ming<shuming@linux.vnet.ibm.com> IBM China Systems and Technology Laboratory

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shu Ming" <shuming@linux.vnet.ibm.com> To: "Federico Simoncelli" <fsimonce@redhat.com> Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, libvir-list@redhat.com, "VDSM Project Development" <vdsm-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org>, "Dave Allan" <dallan@redhat.com>, "Eric Blake" <eblake@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 1:59:01 PM Subject: Re: [vdsm] oVirt Live Snapshots
Can someone explain what is "DB" in this wiki page?
It is the ovirt-engine database, where the VMs/images information and status is stored. That part of the wiki should be improved.
See,
Live snapshots operation extend regular snapshots as follow:
• Create a locked snapshot in DB
-- Federico
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