Re: [libvirt] [virt-tools-list] XenAPI remote storage - target path

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 05:57:57PM +0000, Sharadha Prabhakar (3P) wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to write a Remote Storage driver for XenAPI. > For XAPI (used in XenServer and XCP), or for the old XenAPI used in the traditional Xen/xend?

> I see that target-path is used for both storage pools and volumes. > In the case of XenAPI remote storage, the storage is not mounted on the > local host where libvirt is running. Storage is maintained in a remote location only. > In this case how do I specify target-path and how do I go about creating > a VM with storage using libvirt APIs with virsh and virt-manager. > Virt-manager expects me to give an absolute path for target-path. But In my case > I don't have an absolute path. > Can I have a target path like this for a particular storage volume > "/storage pool uuid/storage-vol uuid"? This will help me identify which storage pool is > Libvirt talking about and which volume in it. Using this information I can fetch data from > The remote location and give it back to libvirt. Is this approach > ok or does libvirt support my specific remote storage case in some way. Could someone > clarify please? -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list