[openstack-dev] [Cinder]a question about os-volume_upload_image

王宏 w.wanghong1 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 3 07:28:16 UTC 2014


I agree. Actually, I already have a BP on it:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/restore-image.
I am happy for any suggestion.

Best regards.
wanghong


2014-04-03 14:58 GMT+08:00 Bohai (ricky) <bohai at huawei.com>:

> Hi Mike,
>
> Thanks for your time and your answer.
>
> Whether it's better to provide an option for the user to make a image
> which inherit the volume stored glance metadata
> by "os-volume_upload_image " ?
> Maybe it's a convenience for the user in some cases.
>
> Best regards to you.
> Ricky
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Perez [mailto:thingee at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 1:55 PM
> > To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
> > Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [Cinder]a question about
> > os-volume_upload_image
> >
> > On 02:58 Thu 03 Apr     , Bohai (ricky) wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > When I use an image to create a cinder volume, I found image's
> metadata is
> > saved into DB table "volume_glance_metadata".
> > >
> > > But when I use " os-volume_upload_image" to create image from cinder
> > volume, the metadata in "volume_glance_metadata"
> > > is not setted back to the newly created image. I can't found the
> reason for
> > this.
> > > Anyone can give me a hint?
> > >
> > > I am a newbie for cinder and i apologize if I am missing something very
> > obvious.
> > >
> > > Best regards to you.
> > > Ricky
> >
> > Hi Ricky,
> >
> > The glance metadata is currently only stored for creating new volumes,
> new
> > snapshots or backups. It's used for in the volume creation to know if
> the volume
> > is bootable.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Perez
> >
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