KVM Virtualization Directory-Based Storage Pool Configuration: Difference between revisions
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This procedure declares a local directory as a storage pool. | This procedure declares a local directory as a storage pool. | ||
One case when this is useful is when we want to share DVD ISO images with the guest for installation as -disk=.../some-image.iso,device=cdrom argument for [[Virt-install#--disk|virt-install]]. | One case when this is useful is when we want to share DVD ISO images with the guest for installation as -disk=.../some-image.iso,device=cdrom argument for [[Virt-install#--disk|virt-install]]. If the image is not declared as storage volume in a storage pool, libvirt will automatically build a storage pool for it, and sometimes build multiple storage pools for the same image, which is something we want to avoid. | ||
=Procedure= | |||
Create the new directory, or us an existing directory. | |||
Revision as of 00:37, 29 June 2017
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Overview
This procedure declares a local directory as a storage pool.
One case when this is useful is when we want to share DVD ISO images with the guest for installation as -disk=.../some-image.iso,device=cdrom argument for virt-install. If the image is not declared as storage volume in a storage pool, libvirt will automatically build a storage pool for it, and sometimes build multiple storage pools for the same image, which is something we want to avoid.
Procedure
Create the new directory, or us an existing directory.