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From: Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 docs 7/7] storage: add hint to avoid storage aliasing
Date: Thu,  1 Jun 2023 15:53:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230601135342.2903359-8-a.lauterer@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230601135342.2903359-1-a.lauterer@proxmox.com>

Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer@proxmox.com>
---
I am happy for suggestions on how to improve the phrasing if it is not
clear enough.

 pvesm.adoc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pvesm.adoc b/pvesm.adoc
index 6ade1a4..7e91c50 100644
--- a/pvesm.adoc
+++ b/pvesm.adoc
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ zfspool: local-zfs
 	content images,rootdir
 ----
 
+CAUTION: It is not advisable to have multiple storage configurations pointing
+to the exact same underlying storage. Such an _aliased_ storage configuration
+can lead to unexpected behavior.
 
 Common Storage Properties
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- 
2.30.2





  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-06-01 13:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-01 13:53 [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 qemu-server, container, docs 0/7] migration: don't scan all storages, fail on aliases Aaron Lauterer
2023-06-01 13:53 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 qemu-server 1/7] migration: only migrate disks used by the guest Aaron Lauterer
2023-06-02  9:45   ` Fiona Ebner
2023-06-02  9:50     ` Fiona Ebner
2023-06-05 12:43       ` Aaron Lauterer
2023-06-01 13:53 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 qemu-server 2/7] tests: add migration test for pending disk Aaron Lauterer
2023-06-01 13:53 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 qemu-server 3/7] migration: fail when aliased volume is detected Aaron Lauterer
2023-06-01 13:53 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 qemu-server 4/7] tests: add migration alias check Aaron Lauterer
2023-06-02 11:29   ` Fiona Ebner
2023-06-01 13:53 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 container 5/7] migration: only migrate volumes used by the guest Aaron Lauterer
2023-06-02 11:42   ` Fiona Ebner
2023-06-01 13:53 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 container 6/7] migration: fail when aliased volume is detected Aaron Lauterer
2023-06-01 13:53 ` Aaron Lauterer [this message]
2023-06-02 11:51   ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 docs 7/7] storage: add hint to avoid storage aliasing Fiona Ebner

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