KVM Virtualization Partition-Based Storage Pool Configuration: Difference between revisions
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{{Warn|Do not use this procedure to configure an entire disk as storage pool. Follow this procedure for that [[KVM_Virtualization_Disk-Based_Storage_Pool_Configuration|Disk-based Storage Pool Configuration]].}} | {{Warn|Do not use this procedure to configure an entire disk as storage pool. Follow this procedure for that [[KVM_Virtualization_Disk-Based_Storage_Pool_Configuration|Disk-based Storage Pool Configuration]].}} | ||
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Create a new partition to be exposed as the local storage pool. Use [[fdisk]]. For this example, the partition will be referred to as /dev/sda7. | |||
Revision as of 14:48, 26 June 2017
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Overview
This article explains how to expose a pre-formatted block device partition as storage pool, using virsh.
Do not use this procedure to configure an entire disk as storage pool. Follow this procedure for that Disk-based Storage Pool Configuration.
Procedure
Create a new partition to be exposed as the local storage pool. Use fdisk. For this example, the partition will be referred to as /dev/sda7.