Re: [Engine-devel] RESTAPI: what is the purpose for /api/disks collection

----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Pasternak" <mpastern(a)redhat.com&gt; > To: "engine-devel" <engine-devel(a)ovirt.org&gt; > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 4:18:14 PM > Subject: [Engine-devel] RESTAPI: what is the purpose for /api/disks collection > > > IIUC originally this collection was suppose to keep all disks > that can be shared between different vms and/or available to be > attached to certain vm. > > At the moment this collection contains all disks in system while > engine does not provide any search capabilities for it, > I'm pretty sure there is search for disks, or i misunderstood you, but you can run search query to get disks by alias and so.

> in my view it not really useful, till we add search capabilities > for being able: > > 1. locate <shareable>true</shareable> disks this is available. > 2. distinguish between <shareable>true|false</shareable> and > <active>true|false</active> > disks > 3. maybe even worth taking > <active>false</active>&&<shareable>false</shareable> > out of this collection and place them under api/clusters/xxx/disks > (or under DC). > this way /api/disks will only have disks that can be shared. > > your thoughts? > active is not a property of a disk, but a vm-disk, as unattached floating disks has no meaning of active. so maybe its place is unders /api/vms/xxx/disks (IIRC its already there),

> -- > > Michael Pasternak > RedHat, ENG-Virtualization R&D > _______________________________________________ > Engine-devel mailing list > Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel >