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

Deepak Shetty dpkshetty at gmail.com
Thu May 28 10:03:31 UTC 2015


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  ?

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Valeriy Ponomaryov <
vponomaryov at mirantis.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> At last IRC meeting
> <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/manila/2015/manila.2015-05-14-15.00.log.html> was
> raised following question:
>
> "Whether Manila should allow us to create shares from snapshots with
> different share networks or not?"
>
> What do users/admins expect in that case?
>
> For the moment Manila restricts creation of shares from snapshot with
> share network that is different than parent's.
>
> From user point of view, he may want to copy share and use its copy in
> different network and it is valid case.
>
> From developer point of view, he will be forced to rework logic of share
> servers creation for driver he maintains.
>
> Also, how many back-ends are able to support such feature?
>
> Regards,
> Valeriy Ponomaryov
>
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