Hi everyone, Whatever we do here, we need to have a plan to deal with the fact that we already have a feature (in 4.6 and later) that allows you to use the existing volume-snapshot APIs to create a volume snapshot (for managed storage) that resides on a backend SAN (using a custom snapshot strategy and a custom data motion strategy).
If these new APIs go in, then how should the original implementation (present in 4.6 and later) be changed? If it is changed, how do we support customers who are already using the original volume-snapshot API to take snapshots on a backend SAN? Thanks, Mike On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> wrote: > Will you be able to create a Template from a StorageSnapshot? If yes, > will the template be stored in the secondary storage like normal templates > or will that be handled somehow on the vendor side? > > *Will STEVENS* > Lead Developer > > *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts > 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6 > w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_ > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Syed Mushtaq <syed1.mush...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Will!!! >> >> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I explicitly linked the Design Spec in the Jira ticket because it was >>> not clear in the 'mention' section because it shows as a page 'you do not >>> have permission to'. >>> >>> *Will STEVENS* >>> Lead Developer >>> >>> *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts >>> 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6 >>> w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_ >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Syed Ahmed <sah...@cloudops.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Design Spec: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/StorageSnapshot++API >>>> >>>> Jira Ticket >>>> >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-9278 >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> We plan to propose a new set of APIs to do snapshots on managed storage >>>> backends like SolidFire. Snapshots on current managed storage stay on the >>>> device which is contrary to what CloudStack calls snpshots. But taking >>>> snapshots >>>> on storage and keeping it there has its own advantages and we would >>>> ideally like >>>> to have both ways of doing snapshots. This proposal adds 4 new APIs to >>>> create snapshots on backend storage. >>>> >>>> What do you guys think of this feature? I would love to have some >>>> feedback. I am working on making the design spec more concrete but wanted >>>> to have >>>> a high level feedback first before starting to work on it. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> -Syed >>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*
