--- tools/virsh.pod | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod index 422ae7f..cab931c 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.pod +++ b/tools/virsh.pod @@ -755,6 +755,101 @@ Returns the UUID of the named I<pool>. =back +=head1 VOLUME COMMANDS + +=item B<vol-create> I<pool-or-uuid> I<FILE> + +Create a volume from an XML <file>. +I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool to create the volume in. +I<FILE> is the XML <file> with the volume definition. An easy way to create the +XML <file> is to use the B<vol-dumpxml> command to obtain the definition of a +pre-existing volume. + +B<Example> + + virsh vol-dumpxml --pool storagepool1 appvolume1 > newvolume.xml + edit newvolume.xml + virsh vol-create differentstoragepool newvolume.xml + +=item B<vol-create-from> I<pool-or-uuid> I<FILE> [optional I<--inputpool> +I<pool-or-uuid>] I<vol-name-or-key> + +Create a volume, using another volume as input. +I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool to create the volume in. +I<FILE> is the XML <file> with the volume definition. +I<--inputpool> I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or uuid of the storage pool the +source volume is in. +I<vol-name-or-key> is the name or UUID of the source volume. + +=item B<vol-create-as> I<pool-or-uuid> I<name> I<capacity> optional +I<--allocation> I<size> I<--format> I<string> + +Create a volume from a set of arguments. +I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool to create the volume +in. +I<name> is the name of the new volume. +I<capacity> is the size of the volume to be created, with optional k, M, G, or +T suffix. +I<--allocation> I<size> is the initial size to be allocated in the volume, with +optional k, M, G, or T suffix. +I<--format> I<string> is used in file based storage pools to specify the volume +file format to use; raw, bochs, qcow, qcow2, vmdk. + +=item B<vol-clone> [optional I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid>] I<vol-name-or-key> I<name> + +Clone an existing volume. Less powerful, but easier to type, version of +B<vol-create-from>. +I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool to create the volume in. +I<vol-name-or-key> is the name or UUID of the source volume. +I<name> is the name of the new volume. + +=item B<vol-delete> [optional I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid>] I<vol-name-or-key> + +Delete a given volume. +I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool the volume is in. +I<vol-name-or-key> is the name or UUID of the volume to delete. + +=item B<vol-wipe> [optional I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid>] I<vol-name-or-key> + +Wipe a volume, ensure data previously on the volume is not accessible to future reads. +I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool the volume is in. +I<vol-name-or-key> is the name or UUID of the volume to wipe. + +=item B<vol-dumpxml> [optional I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid>] I<vol-name-or-key> + +Output the volume information as an XML dump to stdout. +I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool the volume is in. +I<vol-name-or-key> is the name or UUID of the volume to output the XML of. + +=item B<vol-info> [optional I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid>] I<vol-name-or-key> + +Returns basic information about the given storage volume. +I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool the volume is in. +I<vol-name-or-key> is the name or UUID of the volume to return information for. + +=item B<vol-list> I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid> + +Return the list of volumes in the given storage pool. +I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool. + +=item B<vol-path> [optional I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid>] I<vol-name-or-key> + +Return the path for a given volume. +I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid> is the name or UUID of the storage pool the volume is in. +I<vol-name-or-key> is the name or key of the volume to return the path for. + +=item B<vol-name> I<vol-key-or-path> + +Return the name for a given volume. +I<vol-key-or-path> is the key or path of the volume to return the name for. + +=item B<vol-key> I<vol-uuid> + +Return the volume key for a given volume UUID. +I<vol-uuid> is the UUID of the volume to return the volume key for. + +=back + =head1 SECRET COMMMANDS The following commands manipulate "secrets" (e.g. passwords, passphrases and -- 1.7.0.1