[libvirt] virStorageVolCreateXML vs virStorageVolCloneXML

Stefan de Konink skinkie at xs4all.nl
Fri Jul 18 18:21:20 UTC 2008


Daniel P. Berrange schreef:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:27:49PM +0200, Stefan de Konink wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> There is currently no implementation in the api to clone snapshots or
>> images. I wonder if we could add an XML node to specify a backed device.
>> Or add a new function that allows to clone.
> 
> I think this wants to be done with a new API, taking a source volume,
> and destination pool as the arguemnts. Something along the lines of
> 
> 
>     virStorageVolClone(virStorageVolPtr src,
>                        virStoragePoolPtr dst,
>                        unsigned int flags);

It looks pretty indeed. I'll try if I can implement this.


Stefan




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