[libvirt] [PATCH v3 0/5] domainRename API implementation

Jim Fehlig jfehlig at suse.com
Mon Aug 10 21:02:03 UTC 2015


On 08/10/2015 01:59 PM, Tomas Meszaros wrote:
> This is an effort to implement domain rename API. Presented patch series
> consists of the following: virDomainRename API implementation for qemu,
> implementation of the virsh command domrename and the additional support
> code.
>
> The idea behind this endeavor is to provide convenient and safe way to rename
> a domain.
>
> Instead of the:
>
>      virsh dumpxml domain > domain.xml
>      (change domain name in domain.xml)
>      virsh undefine domain
>      virsh define domain.xml
>
> user can simply type:
>
>      virsh domrename foo bar
>
> or call virDomainRename() API and domain "foo" will be renamed to "bar".

Cool! Although I haven't reviewed it closely, this series is looking good. But I 
do have one small question: Do you have the time and energy to provide an 
implementation for the Xen libxl driver? :-).

Regards,
Jim




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