Re: [libvirt] Create a Domain from windows client
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 07:38:18PM +0530, anuj rampal wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to call the libvirt API from my Windows machine.
When i try to create to a Domain using "virDomainDefineXML" function
I have to pass an XML file containing the Description of the Domain.
Here is the part of the XML file that im using:
<domain type='qemu' id='1'>
..
..
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXp.img'/>
<target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<source file='/home/anuj/ISOs/WinXpSp3/Windows_XP_SP3.iso'/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
<readonly/>
</disk>
..
..
</domain>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXp.img'/>
This is the path which contains the img file for the Domain.
I have created this file using this command:
qemu-img create -f raw /var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXp.img 10G
*Now: my question is:*
Is there a way by which i can create this img file using some libvirt call
directly and then use this for my domain creation.
Yes, you want to use the 'virStoragePool' APIs to create a directory based
storage pool. You can then use the virStorageVol APIs to create individual
files in that directory, including qcow2, raw, vmdk, etc files.
Daniel
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