[Libvirt-cim] [PATCH 0 of 3] (#3) [RFC] Add external migration checks

[Heidi Eckhart]

Dan Smith wrote:
> HE> I looked a bit through the Migration Profile and found a class
> HE> that I suggest to use for this functionality. That's the
> HE> description of this class: "CIM_VirtualSystemMigrationSettingData
> HE> defines the parameters to control a virtual system migration
> HE> implementation, as managed by a
> HE> CIM_VirtualSystemMigrationService. It is expected that a migration
> HE> implementation will subclass this class to add
> HE> implementation-specific migration options."  An instance of this
> HE> class is transported to all CheckIsVSMigratable...() and
> HE> MigrateVSTo...() via the MigrationSettingData parameter. So we
> HE> stay absolutely conform to the Migration Profile. The Xen and KVM
> HE> subclasses can check properties, that are well know to cause
> HE> migration problems.
>
> This is what I did.  I extended Xen_MigrationSettingData to include
> the CheckParameters[] property, which is what I pass to the check
> program.  There are no additional arguments to either of the CIM
> methods, and this extra property of the SettingData is optional.
>   
>
Sorry Dan, either I'm working too long or I should go to an optician and 
let me give "very strong" glasses. I was under the impression that 
MigrationService itself was extended by CheckParameters. So, I'm fine 
with your integration into the model.

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Regards

Heidi Eckhart
Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center - Open Hypervisor