Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] man: Clarify virsh vol-clone works within a single pool

virsh vol-clone is expected to clone a volume within a single pool; it doesn't work for cloning across pools. Clarify the docs https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103714

diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod index 6c9d4ec..e1c0d8e 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.pod +++ b/tools/virsh.pod @@ -3530,10 +3530,10 @@ only slightly higher initial disk space usage. =item B<vol-clone> [I<--pool> I<pool-or-uuid>] I<vol-name-or-key-or-path> I<name> [I<--prealloc-metadata>] [I<--reflink>] -Clone an existing volume. Less powerful, but easier to type, version of -B<vol-create-from>. +Clone an existing volume within the parent pool. 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. +that contains the source volume, and will contain the new volume. I<vol-name-or-key-or-path> is the name or key or path of the source volume. I<name> is the name of the new volume. [I<--prealloc-metadata>] preallocate metadata (for qcow2 images which don't