Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 07/10] docs: storage: Document multipath pools

Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson&lt;crobinso(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/storage.html.in | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/storage.html.in b/docs/storage.html.in index c179945..a1b3322 100644 --- a/docs/storage.html.in +++ b/docs/storage.html.in @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ libvirt. <li> <a href="#StorageBackendSCSI">SCSI backend</a> </li> +<li> +<a href="#StorageBackendMultipath">Multipath backend</a> +</li> </ul> <h2><a name="StorageBackendDir" id="StorageBackendDir">Directory pool</a></h2> @@ -381,6 +384,41 @@ libvirt. The SCSI volume pool does not use the volume format type element. </p> +<h2><a name="StorageBackendMultipath" id="StorageBackendMultipath">Multipath pools</a></h2> +<p> + This provides a pool that contains all the multipath devices on the + host. Volume creating is not supported via the libvirt APIs. + The target element is actually ignored, but one is required to appease + the libvirt XML parser.<br/> +<br/> + Configuring multipathing is not currently supported, this just covers + the case where users want to discover all the available multipath + devices, and assign them to guests. +<span class="since">Since 0.7.1</span></dd> +</p> + +<h3>Example pool input</h3> +<pre> +&lt;pool type="mpath"&gt; +&lt;name&gt;virtimages&lt;/name&gt; +&lt;target&gt; +&lt;path&gt;/dev/mapper&lt;/path&gt; +&lt;/target&gt; +&lt;/pool&gt;</pre> + +<h3>Valid pool format types</h3> +<p> + The Multipath volume pool does not use the pool format type element. +</p> + +<h3>Valid volume format types</h3> +<p> + The Multipath volume pool does not use the volume format type element. +</p> + + +</body> +</html> </body> </html>