<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div> I am trying to figure out if you can store the definition of a directory storage pool in a custom location.</div><div><br></div><div>This is how I create the storage pool:</div><div><div>xmlDesc = """</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span><pool type='dir'></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <name>guest_images_storage_pool</name></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <uuid>8c79f996-cb2a-d24d-9822-ac7547ab2d01</uuid></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <capacity unit='bytes'>4306780815</capacity></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <allocation unit='bytes'>237457858</allocation></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <available unit='bytes'>4069322956</available></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <source><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </source></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <target></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span><path>/disk1/guest_images</path></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span><permissions></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <mode>0755</mode></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <owner>-1</owner></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <group>-1</group></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></permissions></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </target></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></pool>"""</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pool = conn.storagePoolDefineXML(xmlDesc, 0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"><br></span></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"><br></span></div><div>This creates guest_images_storage_pool.xml in /etc/libvirt/storage. I assume this is the default path libvirt looks for any storage pools on the system</div><div><br></div><div>The problem is that /etc is mapped to a ramdisk on my system. So after restart anything in there would be wiped. </div><div>The path /disk1 maps to an actual hdd partition so ideally libvirt sould look for it's storage pools in there. I can't seem to make that happen.</div><div><br></div><div>I tried adding a source path:</div><div><br></div><div><div> <source></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> <dir path="/disk1/storage_pool"/> </span> <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div> </source></div></div><div><br></div><div>But that has no effect.</div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas?</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif">Andrei</font></div></div></div></div>
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