Re: [PATCH] Prevent xend from starting duplicate domains

[Christian Limpach <christian.limpach@gmail.com>]

On 9/14/05, Dan Smith <danms@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> IP> That way, even if something has gone wrong and we're left with a
> IP> shell domain we'll still be able to restart one with the same
> IP> name. (obviously we should only do the rename once)
> 
> In xm-test, this problem starts showing up towards the end of the test
> run, and increases in frequency.  My guess is that if we were to do
> the rename once, it would occasionally allow another domain to be
> created, but under high load, would not help that much.

How about we rename the domain to its uuid[1][2] and don't display
those in xm list unless a verbose option is given?

    christian

[1] <name>-zombie-<domid> could work as well...
[2] or clear the name and change list to supply the uuid if there's no name...