[libvirt] [PATCH RFC 09/11] conf: backup: Allow configuration of names exported via NBD

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 02:49:07PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 12/20/19 8:00 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 02:25:27PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > > If users wish to use different name for exported disks or bitmaps
> > > the new fields allow to do so. Additionally they also document the
> > > current settings.
> > 
> > Is there a reason why users would want to change the names ?
> 
> Right now, with only a single job possible at a time, libvirt picks a
> predictable name based on the guest disk being exported.  But in the future,
> when we permit multiple jobs in parallel, it may become important to know
> which name is related to which job, or even to pick names based on what the
> client expects.  I'm not sure we have an essential use case yet, but I'm
> also not rejecting this.

If we have multiple parallel jobs, would we not also have a separate
NBD server listening for each job ? 

Regards,
Daniel
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