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diff --git a/source/attach-disk.xml b/source/attach-disk.xml
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@@ -9,16 +9,300 @@
</text>
</description>
- <options />
+ <options>
+ <parameter requirement="required">
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">domain</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ The name of the domain to which a disk device is attached.
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="required">
+ <keyword requirement="optional">--source</keyword>
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">source</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Source of disk device.
+ </text>
+ <text>
+ The word "--source" itself is optional.
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="required">
+ <keyword requirement="optional">--target</keyword>
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">target</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Target of disk device, can be one of vdX, sdX or hdX, where
+ X is a, b, c, etc. Target determines the type of bus the disk
+ is connected. For vdX, the disk is connected to a virtio controller,
+ for sdX, the disk is connected to a scsi controller, for hdX, the
+ disk is connected to an IDE controller.
+ </text>
+ <text>
+ The world "--target" itself is optional.
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="optional">
+ <keyword requirement="required">--driver</keyword>
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">driver</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Driver of disk device
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="optional">
+ <keyword requirement="required">--subdriver</keyword>
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">subdriver</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Subdriver of disk device
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="optional">
+ <keyword requirement="required">--cache</keyword>
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">cache</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Cache mode of disk device, can be one of <italic>none</italic>,
+ <italic>writeback</italic>,
<italic>writethrough</italic> or
+ <italic>default</italic>
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="optional">
+ <keyword requirement="required">--type</keyword>
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">type</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Target device type
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="optional">
+ <keyword requirement="required">--mode</keyword>
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">mode</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Mode of device reading and writing, can be <value>readonly</value>
or <value>shareable</value>.
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="optional">
+ <keyword requirement="required">--persistent</keyword>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ With this option, the domain xml file is updated to add an
+ element for the attached disk.
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="optional">
+ <keyword requirement="required">--serial</keyword>
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">serial</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Serial of disk
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="optional">
+ <keyword requirement="required">--shareable</keyword>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Shareable between domains
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ <parameter requirement="optional">
+ <keyword requirement="required">--address</keyword>
+ <value type="string"
requirement="required">address</value>
+ <description>
+ <text>
+ Address of disk device, in the style of pci:0000.00.00.0, scsi:00.00.0
+ or ide:00.00.0
+ </text>
+ </description>
+ </parameter>
+ </options>
<availability from="0.3.0" />
<notes />
- <examples type="usage" />
+ <examples type="usage">
+ <example>
+ <terminal>virsh # <bold>attach-disk</bold>
<value>domain-name</value> <italic>--source</italic>
<value>/path/to/disk/image/file</value> <italic>--target</italic>
<value>sdb</value></terminal>
+ <text>
+ Attaches to a domain named <value>domain-name</value> a scsi disk
+ whose corresponding image file is located at
<value>/path/to/disk/image/file</value>.
+ The domain must be running.
+ </text>
+ </example>
+ <example>
+ <terminal>virsh # <bold>attach-disk</bold>
<value>domain-name</value> <value>/path/to/disk/image/file</value>
<value>sdb</value></terminal>
+ <text>
+ The same as above one. <italic>--source</italic> and
<italic>--target</italic>
+ can be omitted.
+ </text>
+ </example>
+ <example>
+ <terminal>virsh # <bold>attach-disk</bold>
<value>domain-name</value> <value>/path/to/disk/image/file</value>
<value>vda</value> <italic>--address</italic>
<value>pci:0000.00.11.0</value>
<italic>--persistent</italic></terminal>
+ <text>
+ Attaches a virtio disk to domain-name using the specified pci address,
+ the domain config file is updated to reflect the change.
+ </text>
+ </example>
- <examples type="fullcontext" />
- <reference type="seealso" />
+ </examples>
+
+ <examples type="fullcontext">
+ <example>
+ <text>
+ We start with a domain defined as:
+ </text>
+ <terminal><domain type='kvm' id='5'>
+<name>example-domain</name>
+ <uuid>6853c36f-af03-4968-a31d-1f3a9c3f699a</uuid>
+ <memory>1048576</memory>
+ <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
+ <vcpu>1</vcpu>
+ <os>
+ <type arch='x86_64'
machine='pc-0.12'>hvm</type>
+ <boot dev='hd'/>
+ </os>
+ <features>
+ <acpi/>
+ <apic/>
+ <pae/>
+ </features>
+ <clock offset='utc'/>
+ <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+ <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+ <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+ <devices>
+ <emulator>/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
+ <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+ <driver name='qemu' type='raw'
cache='writeback'/>
+ <source file='/mnt/data/libvirt-images/vm2.img'/>
+ <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+ <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
+ </disk>
+ <interface type='network'>
+ <mac address='52:54:00:9a:88:73'/>
+ <source network='default'/>
+ <target dev='vnet0'/>
+ <alias name='net0'/>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+ </interface>
+ <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+ <graphics type='vnc' port='5900'
autoport='yes'/>
+ <video>
+ <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
+ <alias name='video0'/>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+ </video>
+ <memballoon model='virtio'>
+ <alias name='balloon0'/>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
+ </memballoon>
+ </devices>
+</domain></terminal>
+ <text>
+ Firstly, define and run the domain:
+ </text>
+ <terminal>virsh # define example-domain.xml
+Domain example-domain defined from example-domain.xml
+virsh # start example-domain
+Domain example-domain started</terminal>
+ <text>
+ To attach another virtio disk to the domain, we run the command:
+ </text>
+ <terminal>virsh attach-disk example-domain /path/to/another/image vdb
--driver qemu --subdriver qcow2</terminal>
+ <text>
+ We can see it appears in the domain by running these commands from guest OS:
+ </text>
+ <terminal># fdisk -l
+Disk /dev/vdb doesn't contain a valid partition table
+
+Disk /dev/vda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
+16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 16644 cylinders
+Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
+Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+Disk identifier: 0x00057a9e
+
+ Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
+/dev/vda1 * 3 15604 7863296 83 Linux
+Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
+/dev/vda2 15604 16645 524288 82 Linux swap / Solaris
+Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
+
+Disk /dev/vdb: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
+16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 16644 cylinders
+Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
+Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+Disk identifier: 0x00000000
+
+# lspci
+00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
+00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
+00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II]
+00:01.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01)
+00:01.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
+00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446
+00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev
20)
+00:04.0 RAM memory: Red Hat, Inc Virtio memory balloon
+00:05.0 SCSI storage controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio block device
+00:08.0 SCSI storage controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio block device</terminal>
+ <text>
+ The corresponding xml element of the attached disk is(we can
+ check it out by running <italic>virsh dumpxml
example-domain</italic>):
+ </text>
+ <terminal> <disk type='block'
device='disk'>
+ <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+ <source dev='/path/to/another/image'/>
+ <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
+ <alias name='virtio-disk1'/>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
+ </disk></terminal>
+ <text>
+ We can see that libvirt assigns automatically an address for the
+ attached disk.
+ </text>
+ </example>
+ </examples>
+
+ <reference type="seealso">
+ <item>
+ <link type="internal" href="detach-disk" />
+ <name>detach-disk</name>
+ <description>
+ detach a disk device from a domain
+ </description>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <link type="internal" href="attach-device" />
+ <name>attach-device</name>
+ <description>
+ attach device from an XML file
+ </description>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <link type="internal" href="detach-device" />
+ <name>detach-device</name>
+ <description>
+ detach device from an XML file
+ </description>
+ </item>
+ </reference>
</command>
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