[openstack-dev] [Manila] Expected Manila behavior for creation of share from snapshot

Deepak Shetty dpkshetty at gmail.com
Wed Jun 3 16:43:26 UTC 2015


On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Valeriy Ponomaryov <vponomaryov at mirantis.com
> wrote:

> Deepak,
>
> "transfer-*" is not suitable in this particular case. Usage of share
> networks causes creation of resources, when "transfer" does not. Also in
> this topic we have "creation" of new share based on some snapshot.
>

In the original mail it was said:
"
>From user point of view, he may want to copy share and use its copy in
different network and it is valid case.
"
So create share from snapshot, then transfer that share to a different
tenant , doesn't that work ?


> Valeriy
>
> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Deepak Shetty <dpkshetty at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Duncan Thomas <duncan.thomas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 28 May 2015 at 13:03, Deepak Shetty <dpkshetty at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Isn't this similar to what cinder transfer-* cmds are for ? Ability to
>>>> transfer cinder volume across tenants
>>>> So Manila should be implementing the transfer-* cmds, after which
>>>> admin/user can create a clone
>>>> then initiate a transfer to a diff tenant  ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Cinder doesn't seem to have any concept analogous to a share network
>>> from what I can see; the cinder transfer commands are for moving a volume
>>> between tenants, which is a different thing, I think.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, cinder doesn't have any eq of share network. But my comment was from
>> the functionality perpsective. In cinder transfer-* commands are used to
>> transfer ownership of volumes across tenants. IIUC the ability in Manila to
>> create a share from snapshot and have that share in a different share
>> network is eq to creating a share from a snapshot for a different tenant,
>> no ? Share networks are typically 1-1 with tenant network AFAIK, correct me
>> if i am wrong
>>
>
>>
>>>
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>>> Duncan Thomas
>>>
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