Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/6] RFC: Efficient VM backup for qemu

2013-02-20 Thread Kevin Wolf
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 09:01:16AM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Dietmar Maurer writes: > > >> > * Backup to a single archive file > >> > * Backup contain all data to restore VM (full backup) > >> > * Do not depend on storage type or image format > >> > * Avoid use of temporary storage > >> >

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/6] RFC: Efficient VM backup for qemu

2013-02-20 Thread Markus Armbruster
Dietmar Maurer writes: >> > * Backup to a single archive file >> > * Backup contain all data to restore VM (full backup) >> > * Do not depend on storage type or image format >> > * Avoid use of temporary storage >> > * store sparse images efficiently >> >> It is customary to send a 0/6 cover let

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/6] RFC: Efficient VM backup for qemu

2013-02-19 Thread Dietmar Maurer
First, many thanks for the review! > It is customary to send a 0/6 cover letter for details like this, rather than > slamming it into the first patch (git send-email --cover-letter). > Remember, once it is in git, it is no longer as easy to identify where a > series > starts and ends, so the cont

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/6] RFC: Efficient VM backup for qemu

2013-02-19 Thread Dietmar Maurer
> > * Backup to a single archive file > > * Backup contain all data to restore VM (full backup) > > * Do not depend on storage type or image format > > * Avoid use of temporary storage > > * store sparse images efficiently > > It is customary to send a 0/6 cover letter for details like this, rathe

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/6] RFC: Efficient VM backup for qemu

2013-02-19 Thread Eric Blake
On 02/19/2013 04:31 AM, Dietmar Maurer wrote: > This series provides a way to efficiently backup VMs. > > * Backup to a single archive file > * Backup contain all data to restore VM (full backup) > * Do not depend on storage type or image format > * Avoid use of temporary storage > * store sparse

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/6] RFC: Efficient VM backup for qemu

2013-02-19 Thread Dietmar Maurer
This series provides a way to efficiently backup VMs. * Backup to a single archive file * Backup contain all data to restore VM (full backup) * Do not depend on storage type or image format * Avoid use of temporary storage * store sparse images efficiently The file docs/backup-rfc.txt contains mo