[Libvir] Next features and target for development

Kazuki Mizushima mizushima.kazuk at jp.fujitsu.com
Thu Jul 12 12:54:42 UTC 2007


> Yes, that is an intesting thing to look at. The next python-virtinst
> release will have support for cloning VMs - this just does a 'deep'
> copy of all the disks & creates a new VM config for the copy. It
> would be interesting to be able to clone to a different HV target, 
> as well as being able to simply 'move' a disk to a different HV target
> without actually copying it.  

As for the cloning of the next release, only "deep copy" does in virtinst
(--preserve-data, but it is). The StorageAPI is prepared, so can call those
and enhance the cloning I think.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2007-April/msg00159.html





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