On 17.03.22 09:18, Fabian Ebner wrote:
>> Agree. So, to summarize, vzdump does the interpreting for a plain, new 
>> `--notes`
>> CLI which it also prints (with variables already resolved) in the task log 
>> and
>> sets that also as note for the (created) backup.
>>
>> The job config would get a new notes-template config that allows to add such
>> a dynamically interpreted string to each backup created by this job by 
>> bassing
>> it as --notes to vzdump. That way we avoid vzdump having two different, 
>> clashing,
>> CLI options but keep it cleanly separated for the job definitions.
>
> I think it'd be better or even necessary for vzdump to do the variable
> expansion, because some things are not known when we start the job, for
> example guest name. It'd then be enough to add a notes-template option
> for vzdump, and have the job pass it along as-is with the rest of the
> vzdump-config.

I meant to convey that, the "with variables already resolved" was meant for when
printed to the task log, not when passed to vzdump (worded a bit confusing 
though) ;-)


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