[libvirt] VolumeCreateXML "XML" description for ESX

Sherif Nagy sherif.nagy at gmail.com
Thu Dec 2 12:02:46 UTC 2010


yes i am using same template like KVM but it is not working, seems ESX
driver has a different XML structure since it is using datatstore
/dir/filename.vdk structure.

so any idea what is the XML structure for creating the XML for volumes using
the ESX driver?

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Justin Clift <jclift at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 02/12/2010, at 8:18 PM, Sherif Nagy wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using libvirt 0.8.6 "python bindings " can someone point me to where
> i find the XML description of creating volumes using storagecolumecreateXML
> function ? i am getting libvir: ESX error : internal error Volume name
> 'nameXXXX.vmdk' doesn't have expected format '<directory>/<file>'
>
> Hi Sherif,
>
> In theory, it's probably supposed to work with the "standard" storage and
> pool XML format documented here:
>
>  http://libvirt.org/formatstorage.html
>
> But, it sounds like in practise that's not working for you.  Is that the
> case?
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
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