[pve-devel] applied-series: [PATCH storage/esxi-import-tools 0/2] fix #5587: compatibility for flatcased 'filename' property in vmx file

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Am 21/08/2024 um 15:57 schrieb Daniel Kral:
> Compatibility for an older naming convention of the "fileName" property
> of mounted storage device images in vmx configuration files was
> requested at [1].
> 
> Previously, it was only possible to import ESXi VMs, where the mentioned
> property name was camelcased (e.g. "scsi0:0.fileName"). This patch
> allows this property name to also be flatcased for compatibility with
> older vmx versions (e.g. "scsi0:0.filename").
> 
> ===
> 
> I could reproduce the issue by creating an ESXi VM in ESXi 8.0.2 with
> the dialog and _manually_ renaming the property name to "filename". This
> caused the disk to not show up in PVE's Import Guest wizard.
> 
> I could not reproduce the flatcased property name mentioned above by
> using the VMWare creation dialog alone, even when I tried to create a
> ESXi 4.x-compatible .vmx file (the oldest option available in VMvisor
> ESXi 8.0).

such information part can be fine to have in the commit message too, but
no biggie, especially as you referenced the bug report where the info is
present.

> 
> ===
> 
> I tested the patch on two different PVE nodes (1 patched & 1 unpatched):
> 
> 1. Creating two different ESXi VMs (Debian 6 and 12),
> 2. I imported them with the camelcased "fileName" successfully.
> 3. I changed the property name to "filename" in the vmx config files for
>    both ESXi VMs and imported them on the patched PVE node successfully
>    and could not import the disk image on the unpatched PVE node.
> 4. pve-storage passed all previous tests.
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5587
> 
> storage:
> 
> Daniel Kral (1):
>   esxi: fix #5587: add support for older version of vmx storage

I only noticed it now, but we normally prefix the `fix #ID` part always
at the very start.

Albeit I'm pondering over if it would be better to move the reference to
a bug in the commit message, which avoids having to decide between placing
the subsystem tag first or the fix reference.. anyhow I digress.

>     filepaths
> 
>  src/PVE/Storage/ESXiPlugin.pm | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> esxi-import-tools:
> 
> Daniel Kral (1):
>   fix #5587: add support for older version of vmx storage filepaths
> 
>  src/vmx.rs | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 


applied both patches, thanks!