On 11/13/2017 11:20 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> There are three qmp commands, needed to implement external backup API.
>
> Using these three commands, client may do all needed bitmap management by
> hand:
>
> on backup start we need to do a transaction:
> {disable old bitmap, create new bitmap}
>
> on backup success:
> drop old bitmap
>
> on backup fail:
> enable old bitmap
> merge new bitmap to old bitmap
> drop new bitmap
>
Can you give me an example of how you expect these commands to be used,
and why they're required?
I'm a little weary about how error-prone these commands might be and the
potential for incorrect usage seems... high. Why do we require them?
