Re: [Qemu-devel] New option for snapshot_blkdev to avoid image creation

2011-10-11 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 03.10.2011 18:09, schrieb Federico Simoncelli: > In some situations might be useful to let qemu use an image that was > prepared for a live snapshot. > The advantage is that creating the snapshot file outside of the qemu > process we can use the whole range of options provided by the format > (e

Re: [Qemu-devel] New option for snapshot_blkdev to avoid image creation

2011-10-04 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
tober 4, 2011 9:33:48 AM > > Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] New option for snapshot_blkdev to avoid image > > creation > > > > On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 04:09:01PM +, Federico Simoncelli wrote: > > > In some situations might be useful to let qemu use an image that > &

Re: [Qemu-devel] New option for snapshot_blkdev to avoid image creation

2011-10-04 Thread Federico Simoncelli
- Original Message - > From: "Stefan Hajnoczi" > To: "Federico Simoncelli" > Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, aba...@redhat.com, dl...@redhat.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 9:33:48 AM > Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] New option for snapshot_blkdev to avoid

Re: [Qemu-devel] New option for snapshot_blkdev to avoid image creation

2011-10-04 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 04:09:01PM +, Federico Simoncelli wrote: > In some situations might be useful to let qemu use an image that was > prepared for a live snapshot. > The advantage is that creating the snapshot file outside of the qemu > process we can use the whole range of options provided

[Qemu-devel] New option for snapshot_blkdev to avoid image creation

2011-10-03 Thread Federico Simoncelli
In some situations might be useful to let qemu use an image that was prepared for a live snapshot. The advantage is that creating the snapshot file outside of the qemu process we can use the whole range of options provided by the format (eg for qcow2: encryption, cluster_size and preallocation). It