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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] block: add block_backup QMP command
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] block: add block_backup QMP command |
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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:52:41 -0600 |
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On 04/23/2013 10:25 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> @block-backup
>
> Start a point-in-time copy of a block device to a new destination.
>
> @device: the name of the device whose writes should be mirrored.
> +++ b/qapi-schema.json
> @@ -1715,6 +1715,34 @@
> '*speed': 'int' } }
>
> ##
> +# @block-backup
> +#
> +# Start a point-in-time copy of a block device to a new destination.
> +#
> +# @device: the name of the device whose writes should be mirrored.
two spaces?
> +#
> +# @target: the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it
> +# is a device, the existing file/device will be used as the new
> +# destination. If it does not exist, a new file will be created.
> +#
> +# @format: #optional the format of the new destination, default is to
> +# probe if @mode is 'existing', else the format of the source
> +#
> +# @mode: #optional whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is
> +# 'absolute-paths'.
> +#
> +# @speed: #optional the maximum speed, in bytes per second
> +#
> +# Returns: nothing on success
> +# If @device is not a valid block device, DeviceNotFound
> +#
> +# Since 1.5
1.6, now
> +##
> +{ 'command': 'block-backup',
> + 'data': { 'device': 'str', 'target': 'str', '*format': 'str',
> + '*mode': 'NewImageMode', '*speed': 'int' } }
Looks reasonable (since it is closely aligned to drive-mirror).
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] block: block-backup live backup command, Eric Blake, 2013/04/23
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] block: block-backup live backup command, Wenchao Xia, 2013/04/27