[DRBD-user] Linstore: Renaming a resource possible?

[Andreas Pflug]

@Volker the community will be very happy if you provide a consistent and
reliable patch.

Regards,
Andreas

Am 20.05.21 um 15:46 schrieb Dr. Volker Jaenisch:
> Sorry Ronald,
> 
> On 20.05.21 15:09, Roland Kammerer wrote:
>> On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 01:54:13PM +0100, Yanni M. wrote:
>>> I second this. A resource definition or resource rename functionality would
>>> be useful. This should be fairly easy to accomplish in Linstor given that
>>> drbd .res files (without Linstor layer) can be easily renamed?
>> https://github.com/LINBIT/linstor-server/issues/44#issuecomment-618923893
> 
> but this is a really lame excuse. I have developed software since 40
> years. At least in the last 30 years no real developer mixes primary
> keys with names of resources any more.
> 
> And if he did, and be told about it, he would notice that this was a
> severe error and be glad to fix it.
> 
> All that I and some others here like to have is the possibility to
> change the "label" of a resource. No more, no less. We do not like to
> change any data on disk, nor UIDs of partitions or the such.
> 
> That the current information "vm-X-disk-Y" on what VM as which disk the
> resource acts is not needed for linstore/drbd internally to work
> correctly is shown in my example. I can add
> "vm-X-disk-Y" to a VM Q as Disc R and it would run flawlessly. Only that
> the label then does not match the logical "context" any more.
> 
> What linbit lacks is simply the abstraction and distinction of "display
> label" and "internal unique identifier".
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Volker
> 
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