Re: [netmod] Last Call: <draft-ietf-netmod-nmda-diff-09.txt> (Comparison of NMDA datastores) to Proposed Standard

["Cumming, James (Nokia - US)" <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

I have the same feedback as Andy on this one.

Thanks

James


From: netmod <[e-mail]> on behalf of Andy Bierman <[e-mail]>
Date: Friday, June 18, 2021 at 16:48
To: Last Call <[e-mail]>
Cc: NetMod WG Chairs <[e-mail]>, Joel Jaeggli <[e-mail]>, NetMod WG <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [netmod] Last Call: <draft-ietf-netmod-nmda-diff-09.txt> (Comparison of NMDA datastores) to Proposed Standard
Hi,

I tried to get a couple companies interested in this draft but it did not really work for them.
There is low demand for an NMDA diff but high demand for a more general "YANG data compare" operation.

The main issues raised were:

1) can only compare 2 datastores
    Want to compare a datastore to a backup (or more generally a URI, ala copy-config)

2) The output is only YANG Patch
    Want a "config" container that can be used with the "edit-config" operation.
    NETCONF clients cannot use the YANG patch format to edit a datastore with the differences

3) Not interested in the complex filtering and "origin" attributes
    Not applicable to the use-case.

The main use-case:

  1) make a backup of a server (or already have a common baseline shared across servers)
  2) make config changes to the server and test them out
  3) get a diff that can be used as a "patch" to the backup
  4) apply the patch to different servers (that are running a compatible config as the backup or baseline)

I realize there are no standard "backup" and "restore" operations so I am not suggesting
that the draft be redone to support this use-case.


Andy


On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 6:36 AM The IESG <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:

The IESG has received a request from the Network Modeling WG (netmod) to
consider the following document: - 'Comparison of NMDA datastores'
  <draft-ietf-netmod-nmda-diff-09.txt> as Proposed Standard

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
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Abstract


   This document defines an RPC operation to compare management
   datastores that comply with the NMDA architecture.




The file can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-netmod-nmda-diff/


The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D:

   https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/3084/