Hi,
While implementing the buildvolfrom method in libvirt for RBD I'm stuck
at some point.
$ virsh vol-clone --pool myrbdpool image1 image2
This would clone image1 to a new RBD image called 'image2'.
The code I've written now does:
1. Create a snapshot called image1@libvirt-<epochtimestamp>
2. Protect the snapshot
3. Clone the snapshot to 'image1'
wido@wido-desktop:~/repos/libvirt$ ./tools/virsh vol-clone --pool
rbdpool image1 image2
Vol image2 cloned from image1
wido@wido-desktop:~/repos/libvirt$
root@alpha:~# rbd -p libvirt info image2
rbd image 'image2':
size 10240 MB in 2560 objects
order 22 (4096 kB objects)
block_name_prefix: rbd_data.1976451ead36b
format: 2
features: layering, striping
flags:
parent: libvirt/image1@libvirt-1450724650
overlap: 10240 MB
stripe unit: 4096 kB
stripe count: 1
root@alpha:~#
But this could potentially lead to a lot of snapshots with children on
'image1'.
image1 itself will probably never change, but I'm wondering about the
negative performance impact this might have on a OSD.
I'd rather not hardcode a snapshot name like 'libvirt-parent-snapshot'
into libvirt. There is however no way to pass something like a snapshot
name in libvirt when cloning.
Any bright suggestions? Or is it fine to create so many snapshots?
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Wido den Hollander
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