Hello,

In glance_store we have maintained the VMWare Datastore store driver which stores image data in ESX/ESXi or vCenter Server. This store driver was added 9 years ago[1] to be used in the VMware environment with OpenStack. However now the vmwarapi virt driver was marked experimental and is being removed from nova[2], so it seems the original use case is no longer valid.

I proposed deprecating this store driver during this cycle[3], so that we can remove it during D (or E) cycle, but I'm sending this email to gather early feedback before we merge the deprecation.

In case if you are using the driver or have any concern, please reply to me (publicly or privately) or leave your comments in the review.

[1] https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/glance/+/58883 [2] https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/nova/+/897017 [3] https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/glance_store/+/893696

Thank you, Takashi