Re: [Qemu-devel] from which version qemu support clone on rbd

2014-07-04 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 11:17:40PM +0800, yue wrote: > i now look at qemu 2.0, i do not find rbd-api related to clone. > if qemu support this function? and from which version? > clone api of rbd is very simple(one api), why qemu does not implement?what is > the reason? rbd_snap_create()? QEMU su

Re: [Qemu-devel] from which version qemu support clone on rbd

2014-07-02 Thread Brian Jackson
On Wednesday, July 2, 2014 8:12:17 PM CDT, yue wrote: could you tell me why 'Qemu doesn't handle that level of abstraction'? i know qcow2 well, you can tell me the comparation。 Qemu would have to have a lot of extra code (that already exists elsewhere) to support taking snapshots/clones/etc o

Re: [Qemu-devel] from which version qemu support clone on rbd

2014-07-02 Thread yue
could you tell me why 'Qemu doesn't handle that level of abstraction'? i know qcow2 well, you can tell me the comparation。 thanks At 2014-07-02 11:36:12, "Brian Jackson" wrote: >Qemu doesn't handle that level of abstraction. The closest approximation >you could probably come up with is

Re: [Qemu-devel] from which version qemu support clone on rbd

2014-07-02 Thread Brian Jackson
Qemu doesn't handle that level of abstraction. The closest approximation you could probably come up with is qemu-img's backing file support for qcow2 images. You should stick to using the rbd tool to create clones of rbd devices. Alternatively, use a higher level tool (like openstack, etc) tha

[Qemu-devel] from which version qemu support clone on rbd

2014-07-02 Thread yue
hi,all i now look at qemu 2.0, i do not find rbd-api related to clone. if qemu support this function? and from which version? clone api of rbd is very simple(one api), why qemu does not implement?what is the reason? thanks.