Removing a backing image could break other image chains as it's theoretically possible to share backing chains. As --storage/--remove-all-storage is fully implemented in virsh as a helper option, which enumerates and deletes VM's volumes. We do not plan to make it any more complicated. Document that backing chains are not removed. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/manpages/virsh.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst index 91e1d5de37..4ae3bb4d93 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst +++ b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst @@ -4614,12 +4614,13 @@ undefined; if not all of the requested volumes could be deleted, the error message indicates what still remains behind. If a volume path is not found in the domain definition, it's treated as if the volume was successfully deleted. Only volumes managed by libvirt in storage pools can be removed this -way. +way. Note that this also removes only the top level image of a backing chain, +any backing stores of the image are kept as they may be shared. (See ``domblklist`` for list of target names associated to a domain). Example: --storage vda,/path/to/storage.img The *--remove-all-storage* flag specifies that all of the domain's storage -volumes should be deleted. +volumes should be deleted as if they were specified via *--storage*. The *--delete-storage-volume-snapshots* (previously *--delete-snapshots*) flag specifies that any snapshots associated with -- 2.41.0