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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:24:52 -0600
From: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@cs.utexas.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Create the VMDK snapshot from the QEMU
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To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Hi Igor,

Out of curiousity, why didn't you use the new snapshot infrastructure 
that Fabrice introduced in CVS?  Shouldn't the CID just map directly to 
a snapshot tag?

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

Igor Lvovsky wrote:
>
>   Hi,
>
> This patch completes the previous one and allows the snapshot (VMDK 
> style) creation from the QEMU monitor (Ctrl+Alt+2).
>
>  
>
> To clarify, the previous patch implements the snapshot capabilities 
> according to the "Virtual Disk Format 1.0" document.
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2006-12/msg00311.html
>
>  
>
> Implemented features:
>
>    1. Create snapshot.
>    2. CID concept to prevent snapshots chain inconsistency.
>    3. Snapshots read/write capabilities.
>
>  
>
> The whole chain (base image and snapshots) created by QEMU can be 
> loaded from the VMware workstation and vice versa.
>
>  
>
> Igor Lvovsky.
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