On 09/11/2015 08:03 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote: >> - Using the transient option in the xml file under disk. > > Wow, I didn't even know we have such element. We added the XML, but (still) have not wired it up to actually work :( > >> - Making a qcow2 image and run that. > > You mean copy the original image and run from that copy? > > The first option has advantage, that you can save the progress or drop > it if you don't like it. I mean, you'll create a snapshot, and then > continue using the guest. As time moves on, you may find out that you > actually want the state to be persistent, so you merge the active layer > into the base. If not, then just drop it. With option #2 you don't have > this opportunity. With option #2 (if someone ever implements it), I'd assume we'd want to add support for dropping <transient/> at run-time when it is decided that we want to commit to the disk after all; probably through a block-commit operation. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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