Re: [Xen-API] legacy vbds and new vdis

[Tom Wilkie <tom.wilkie@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you use the new xm which creates stuff via the XenAPI, then a vdi  
is created.  If you look at tools/python/xen/xm/xenapi_create.py  
theres code that basically already does this, but in xm.
If you want to put this into xend for the old api, then I think that  
would be fine, but we're going to deprecate and eventually remove the  
old SXP based interface.
Hope this helps

Tom

On 9 May 2007, at 01:00, Jim Fehlig wrote:

> While moving the cim providers forward on new Xen API functionality I
> come across a problem retrieving the uname information of a vbd.   
> If vbd
> is created via Xen API, a vdi had to be created first and is
> subsequently retrievable via vdi field of vbd record.  However, if  
> a vm
> is 'xm newed' or 'xm created' using a traditional conf file, vdis are
> not created and hence not accessible via the vdi field of vbd.  So  
> there
> is no way to retrieve (via Xen API) the uname of device backing the  
> vbd.
> I'm considering a patch that creates a 'default' vdi for each vbd when
> vms are created outside of Xen API, but not convinced this is the  
> proper
> solution.  Suggestions before creating such a patch?
>
> Regards,
> Jim
>
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