Re: [libvirt] [virt-tools-list] Q on virsh attach-disk , why no network disk ?
On 05/22/2013 08:55 AM, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
Hi All, I was looking at virsh attach-disk and i see the below [snip]
DESCRIPTION Attach new disk device.
OPTIONS [--domain] <string> domain name, id or uuid [--source] <string> source of disk device [--target] <string> target of disk device ... ...
*--sourcetype <string> type of source (block|file)* [/snip]
I was wondering why the sourcetype only support block|file only ? What if i wanted to add a network (disk type=network) based drive ? Is this a constraint of virsh or QEMU itself doesn't allow hotplu of network block device disk ?
virsh questions go to libvirt-list, CC'd. It's just a missing feature, not a deliberate omission. Patches welcome. - Cole
On 05/22/2013 09:58 AM, Cole Robinson wrote:
On 05/22/2013 08:55 AM, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
Hi All, I was looking at virsh attach-disk and i see the below [snip]
DESCRIPTION Attach new disk device.
OPTIONS [--domain] <string> domain name, id or uuid [--source] <string> source of disk device [--target] <string> target of disk device ... ...
*--sourcetype <string> type of source (block|file)* [/snip]
I was wondering why the sourcetype only support block|file only ? What if i wanted to add a network (disk type=network) based drive ? Is this a constraint of virsh or QEMU itself doesn't allow hotplu of network block device disk ?
virsh questions go to libvirt-list, CC'd.
It's just a missing feature, not a deliberate omission. Patches welcome.
In the meantime I'm pretty sure that you can achieve the same effect by creating a text file with the correct <disk> xml and using virsh attach-device instead. (qualifier added only because I haven't personally done it myself)
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