Re: XCP: python SR plugin questions

[yamamoto@valinux.co.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi)]

hi,

>>>> i'm writing a python sr plugin for our product and have a few questions.
>>>> 
>>>> - our product has 32-bit id, not uuid, for each volumes, which i want to map
>>>> to xcp's vdi.  i generate name-based uuid from the 32-bit id in sr.scan and
>>>> vdi.create.  is this a reasonable approach?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> You can use the 'location' field in the VDI to contain your 32 bit id - then the uuid is irrelevant. I'd like to move more of the storage backends in this direction - currently I believe only the ISO SR does it this way.
>> 
>> ok.  in that case, xapi generates random uuids for me, right?
>> 
> 
> Actually the backends are responsible for creating the uuid.

then, what is vdi_create's uuid argument for?
(my current plugin code simply ignores the argument and
return generated uuid via vdi_info.  is it ok?)

our product itself doesn't provide uuids at all.  so someone should
generate ones so that xapi can use them.
i plan to make my sr plugin generate name-based uuid from our product's
32-bit id.  does it sound ok for you?

i'm not sure how your suggestion to use vdi location is related to
the uuid issue.  can you please elaborate a bit?

YAMAMOTO Takashi