On 05/16/2012 01:16 PM, Gilad Chaplik wrote:
Hi All,
I am adding the ability to import a VM or a Template to a storage-domain, when this VM or Template already exists in the destination storage domain. Until now, Backend failed this. Now I want to enable the user to specify that he wishes this VM/Template will be created again by a different name, i.e - cloned.
[feature page: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/ImportMoreThanOnce]
I plan to achieve this using a new parameter, but I want to reach an agreement about this parameter's name. I thought simply to call it "clone".
Another thing that I'll do in the patch-set is add the currently-missing ability to specify whether the snapshots of the VM, which is being imported, will be collapsed into a single snapshot (we have this ability in GUI). I am also deliberating about the name of this parameter. I thought about "collapse_snapshots" (same as in GUI).
Does anyone think "clone" and "collapse_snapshots" are inappropriate and has
/clone/ already in-use (used to clone vm from template), <vm> <disks> <clone>true|false</clone> ..., you can simply say if imported vm has <name> element, this is import+clone, otherwise import, as about collapse_snapshots, i don't mind, but this should be done in the way <clone> is implemented in <disks> collection
better suggestions?
Thanks, Gilad
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