From: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: Proxmox VE development discussion <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>,
Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer@proxmox.com>
Subject: Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 docs 7/7] storage: add hint to avoid storage aliasing
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2023 13:51:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a4317710-b9b8-25be-b814-128905b5d721@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230601135342.2903359-8-a.lauterer@proxmox.com>
Am 01.06.23 um 15:53 schrieb Aaron Lauterer:
> 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.
s/not advisable/problematic/ would sound a bit stronger IMHO
Maybe give some rationale and mention that volume IDs are not unique
anymore with such a configuration and that PVE expects that in certain
places, maybe giving a quick example. And we could also mention that in
case the content types is different, it can be fine, but still not
recommended.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-02 11:51 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 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v3 docs 7/7] storage: add hint to avoid storage aliasing Aaron Lauterer
2023-06-02 11:51 ` Fiona Ebner [this message]
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