[pve-devel] [PATCH manager] ui: restore: improve warning for restoring container with same ID

[Fabian Ebner]

Am 05.07.22 um 10:08 schrieb Fabian Ebner:
> It's not clear to users that the "VM data" includes mount point
> volumes, including those that are not marked for backup. This is
> different from VM restore, where volumes attached at drives not
> present in the backup will be kept around as unused volumes.
> 
> Several (supposedly newer) users got tripped up by this over the
> years, the latest report being [0]. The long term plan is to make the
> restore dialog more flexible to be able to select actions for disks
> individually, but that will take a bit of time. In the mean time, make
> the warning more explicit.
> 
> [0]: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/111760/#post-482045
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  www/manager6/window/Restore.js | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/www/manager6/window/Restore.js b/www/manager6/window/Restore.js
> index 6738d26f..be2efa3b 100644
> --- a/www/manager6/window/Restore.js
> +++ b/www/manager6/window/Restore.js
> @@ -92,7 +92,13 @@ Ext.define('PVE.window.Restore', {
>  	    };
>  
>  	    if (view.vmid) {
> -		confirmMsg += '. ' + gettext('This will permanently erase current VM data.');
> +		if (view.vmtype === 'lxc') {
> +		    confirmMsg += `. ${gettext(
> +			'This will permanently erase current CT data including mountpoint volumes.',
> +		    )}`;

Sorry, forgot that the text needs to be on the very same line for
gettext. Will send a v2 with that reorganized.

> +		} else {
> +		    confirmMsg += `. ${gettext('This will permanently erase current VM data.')}`;
> +		}
>  		Ext.Msg.confirm(gettext('Confirm'), confirmMsg, function(btn) {
>  		    if (btn === 'yes') {
>  			executeRestore();