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1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id: [67251]
a. Name of Feature: [6.1 FEAT] build qemu-nbd and declare it supported
b. Feature Description
build qemu-nbd and declare it supported


2. Feature Details:
Sponsor: LTC Open Virtualization
Architectures:  x86_64, 

Arch Specificity: purely common code
Affects Kernel Modules: Field does not exist
Delivery Mechanism: LDP Deliverable
Category: other
Request Type: Package - Update Version
d. Upstream Acceptance: Field does not exist
Sponsor Priority P3
f. Severity: normal
IBM Confidential: No
Code Contribution: ---
g. Component Version Target:---

3. Business Case
qemu-nbd can enable live migration for users who don't have a shared storage solution opening up the
KVM marketplace to wider set of customers.

4. Primary contact at Red Hat:
John Jarvis jjarvis

5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Michael W. Wortman, wortman.com

Technical contact(s):
ANTHONY N. LIGUORI, aliguori.com

------- Comment From rsisk.com 2010-10-04 10:36 EDT-------
Code Upstream Status: Accepted

------- Comment From aliguori.com 2010-10-20 16:47 EDT-------
This also would involve enabling the block-nbd driver in QEMU which is currently disabled in RHEL.

Antony, would IBM be able to send the patches as well as test the code?

------- Comment From aliguori.com 2010-10-21 08:45 EDT-------
Yes, we will certainly provide testing support.  We will also provide the necessary patches.

Development Management has reviewed and declined this request.  You may appeal
this decision by reopening this request.

The bot closed it, re-opening but we won't support that for 6.1. Let's discuss it over a conf call

Insufficient capacity to deliver in 6.2, moving to 6.3.

Our internal design is to use external iscsi instead of nbd:
http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/LiveBlockMigration so unless there is really good advantage of nbd, we'll rather not incorporate it.

------- Comment From mcintire.com 2011-10-18 10:42 EDT-------
Red Hat, please go ahead and close this on your side.  It is closed on the IBM side.

Closing to match IBM status.