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| author | Pengzhen Cao <pcao@redhat.com> | 2010-07-16 10:10:35 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2010-07-16 10:10:35 +0100 |
| commit | 1fe5f6b9f625f05e9bb04f099af31dc2def10b23 (patch) | |
| tree | 58312947bdca3342acf70575b3538b5c49ba3ad4 | |
| parent | 73e34045d1fadb1eb1efbed5cb0ee1fe9643c1e1 (diff) | |
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Describe enhancements to virt-clone.
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diff --git a/virttools.txt b/virttools.txt index 46336a6..633602b 100644 --- a/virttools.txt +++ b/virttools.txt @@ -38,8 +38,17 @@ Current plans * Look into return codes of command line programs. Status: jclift to write something about this -* virt-clone requests - Status: pcao to write a summary of what needs doing +* virt-clone: + 1. clone raw images with better efficiency than dd. As raw image are large + and sparse files, using dd is not a good idea. We should use some better + algorithm to deal with sparse files, bypass the blank/zero blocks. + 2. clone between different image formats. e.g clone raw to qcow/qcow2 and + vice versus. + 3. after clone, change host name, mac addr, uuid... Function as the + example in the article for Linux Pro Magazine. This requires + changing things both inside the filesystem and outside in the + libvirt configuration. + Status: no one working on this yet. * Fix virsh (it is a second-class citizen to the main libvirt UI right now, it should not be). |