From Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se Mon Aug 6 05:29:43 2012 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2046385339158484666==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: =?utf-8?q?Karli_Sj=C3=B6berg_=3CKarli=2ESjoberg_at_slu=2Ese=3E?= To: users at ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] Live snapshots. About how far off is it? Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:29:40 +0200 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: 501D5E22.40301@redhat.com --===============2046385339158484666== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --_000_DE089E77F6BC41F29E49A7458A24AEEEsluse_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 4 aug 2012 kl. 19.38 skrev Itamar Heim: On 08/03/2012 02:34 PM, Karli Sj=3DF6berg wrote: Hi, the subject says it all really. I=3DB4ve been setting up oVirt-3.1 and absolutely love it, I must say. There=3DB4s just that you have to take down a guest to make snapshots that ticks me off a little. It disrupts production. So how far off, 6 months, a year, two years? What priority has it on the roadmap? Any response would appreciated, it makes it easier to plan a migration. ovirt 3.1 has support for live snapshots. as Jason indicated, the gap is actually in the qemu version in fedora 17. Awesome news, thanks! Two follow-up questions about that 1) ovirt-engine flashes up a screen saying that it can=3DB4t do snapshot be= ca=3D use the guest is active. If/when qemu gets updated, will the engine automat= =3D ically stop complaining and snapshot live, or will the engine require updat= =3D e as well? 2) Do you think qemu-1.1 is going to be available for F17, like ever? Like = =3D through backporting, MFC, whatnot? Hacking/rebuilding rpm=3DB4s is somethin= g =3D only RH employees should be engaged in, purely for testing. I have enough t= =3D roubles getting out of bed as it is, haha:) Med V=3DE4nliga H=3DE4lsningar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= =3D ---- Karli Sj=3DF6berg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7079 (Visiting Address Kron=3DE5sv=3DE4gen 8) S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden Phone: +46-(0)18-67 15 66 karli.sjoberg(a)slu.se --_000_DE089E77F6BC41F29E49A7458A24AEEEsluse_ Content-Type: text/html; charset=3D"iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
4 aug 2012 k= =3D l. 19.38 skrev Itamar Heim:

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On 08/03/2012 02:34 PM, Karli Sj=3DF6berg wr= ote:=3D
Hi,

the subject says it all reall= y.=3D I=3DB4ve been setting up oVirt-3.1 and
absolutely love it, I must say. There=3DB4s just that you have to take= d=3D own
a guest to make snapshots t= ha=3D t ticks me off a little. It disrupts
production. So how far off, 6 months, a year, two years? What priority<= =3D br>
has it on the roadmap? Any resp= on=3D se would appreciated, it makes it
easier to plan a migration.

ovirt 3.1 has support for = =3D live snapshots.
as Jason indicated, the gap is actually in the qemu vers= =3D ion in fedora 17.

Awesome news, thanks= =3D ! Two follow-up questions about that

1) ovirt-engi= =3D ne flashes up a screen saying that it can=3DB4t do snapshot because the gue= st=3D is active. If/when qemu gets updated, will the engine automatically stop c= =3D omplaining and snapshot live, or will the engine require update as well?

2) Do you think qemu-1.1 is going to be available fo= =3D r F17, like ever? Like through backporting, MFC, whatnot? Hacking/rebuildin= =3D g rpm=3DB4s is something only RH employees should be engaged in, purely for= t=3D esting. I have enough troubles getting out of bed as it is, haha:)


Med V=3DE4nliga H=3DE4lsningar
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Karli Sj=3DF6berg
= Sw=3D edish University of Agricultural Sciences
Box 7079 (Visiting Address Kro= =3D n=3DE5sv=3DE4gen 8)
S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Phone:  +46-(0)18-6= 7 15=3D 66

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