Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1019205
[RFE] add the transient disk support in vdsm
Last modified: 2014-01-21 11:18:24 EST
Description of problem: VDSM should provide a way to attach a volume (internal/leaf) as a transient disk. A transient disk is a temporary qcow layer based on a (usually internal) volume that is attached to a VM in read-write mode. All changes stored in the transient disk will be lost as soon as the disk is hot-unplugged or when the VM exits. Its primary use is to access in read-write mode a snapshot (read-only volume).
Part of 3.3 Backup API flow
Transient volume is now supported by vdsm. As part of the backup API feature, when we attach a disk snapshot to a dedicated machine with a backup software installed and plug it to this machine, a new transient volume is created by vdsm. This new volume enables vdsm to make changes on the RO attached disk snapshot. Checked during backup API feature testing. Tested on is21 and is23
(In reply to Elad from comment #3) > Transient volume is now supported by vdsm. As part of the backup API > feature, when we attach a disk snapshot to a dedicated machine with a backup > software installed and plug it to this machine, a new transient volume is > created by vdsm. This new volume enables vdsm to make changes on the RO > attached disk snapshot. > > > Checked during backup API feature testing. Tested on is21 and is23 and is22
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Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-0040.html