Re: [libvirt-users] How to have a directory and its subdirectories as a storage pool
On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 09:15:04AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
On 09/03/2014 06:11 AM, Marc Haber wrote:
> I would like to use btrfs subvolumes as storage place for VM images to
> use snapshots.
>
> Unfortunately, this does not seem to work in virt-manager at least
> since the "filesystem directory" storage pool type does not allow me
> to descend into subdirectories.
>
> Is there a trick to do this? Can I do it with virsh, or in the XML?
At the moment, you have to create a new storage pool for each
subdirectory you want to recurse into.
Which would mean one storage "pool" per VM, which is not really
practical.
Yes, it would be nice if virt-manager could automate this a bit
more.
Is there a bug/request tracker for libvirt?
Greetings
Marc
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