Chris Webb <chris at arachsys.com> writes: > MORITA Kazutaka <morita.kazutaka at lab.ntt.co.jp> writes: > > > Let me clarify some points. > > > > In this approach, when we rename a vdi, we specify the vdi 'id' and > > change the attribute of the vdi, yes? > > > > What is specified in the qemu command line option as a Sheepdog volume > > name? Is it vdi 'name' (an attribute of the vdi) or vdi 'id' (the 32 > > bit integer)? > > I was imagining that the vdi was internally addressed by its 'id' and the > name was just an attribute for user convenience, a bit like we fundamentally > identify snapshots by their vid but might one day give them a convenience > tag name as qcow2 snapshots have. I'm already using the vdi 'name' in this > way inside our management system, allocating a unique value to it rather > than setting it to the user-provided drive name. ...and thus the 'id' is what's passed on the qemu command line. Cheers, Chris. |