[pve-devel] volume rename not possible for sheepdog && nexenta

[Alexandre DERUMIER]

>>So why do we need the clone? Isn't the snapshot all we need? 
yes, we only need a snasphot, but if you want to change the volume name, you need to clone it


here a collie vdi list with a volume and a snapshot

  vm-156-disk-1     2  1.0 GB  0.0 MB  0.0 MB 2013-01-08 11:52   7aa794     2          
s vm-156-disk-1     1  1.0 GB  0.0 MB  0.0 MB 2013-01-08 11:52   7aa793     2         snap1



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De: "Dietmar Maurer" <dietmar at proxmox.com> 
À: "Alexandre DERUMIER" <aderumier at odiso.com> 
Cc: pve-devel at pve.proxmox.com 
Envoyé: Lundi 28 Janvier 2013 10:57:19 
Objet: RE: volume rename not possible for sheepdog && nexenta 

> For sheepdog : we can make a snapshot, clone it (with base- name), and 
> delete the original volume. 
> (sheepdog can delete parent without problem, datas are not deleted) 

So why do we need the clone? Isn't the snapshot all we need?