Kazuki Mizushima wrote:
I've been planing to adding cloning feature.
I think cloning is a great feature. From when I used to sysadmin a Xen server, I used cloning as the main technique to create new servers - ie. take an existing machine which is similar to the new one which I want, and just clone it.
Then, I tried to make the patch in the following way. 1)Get the XML used virDomainGetXMLDesc 2)Delete <uuid>, <mac> node element This intened to automatically generated. 3)Changing <name>, <source dev> string node element 4)Fork "dd" process
You may want to pause the source node first? Otherwise won't you get disk corruption?
Also, what about other devices? You "dd" the main disk, but what if the machine has swap devices or other disks?
5)Define XML used virDomainDefineXMLThis feature is just a first revision, because I make this patch within current libvirt API limitation.Also Remote Cloining is Limited. But if we can libvirtd for feature, it will be enhance remote cloning based on this pach (as http://libvirt.org/remote.html#Remote_libvirtd_configuration)
There is no problem with interaction with the remote patch. Nor do you have to worry about the remote stuff when implementing this (the "dd" will fork on the remote libvirtd automagically).
... Unless you want to clone across servers :-)... a.k.a. migration, and of course we haven't really worked out how we should do that (but if you have ideas, please post them).
# ./virsh list --all Id Name State ---------------------------------- 0 Domain-0 running - PV_RH5 shut off - PV_RH5_CLONE shut off
So the idea is that you can only clone an inactive domain? Rich. -- Emerging Technologies, Red Hat http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/ 64 Baker Street, London, W1U 7DF Mobile: +44 7866 314 421 Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 Directors: Michael Cunningham (USA), Charlie Peters (USA) and David Owens (Ireland)
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