[libvirt-users] How to disconnect the ISO image using virsh

[Masanari Iida]

Somebody sent me a tips.
Following command do what I wanted to do.
Thanks.

attach-disk guest01 " " hdc --driver file --type cdrom
--mode readonly

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Masanari Iida <standby24x7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I can attach disc ISO image to cd-rom from virsh.
> And I can replace the ISO image from disc1 to disc2 using the 2nd example.
>
> (example)
> attach-disk guest01 /root/disc1.iso hdc --driver file --type cdrom
> --mode readonly
> attach-disk guest01 /root/disc2.iso hdc --driver file --type cdrom
> --mode readonly
>
> My question is, how can I disconnect the image from the cdrom drive using virsh.
> Because, if I try to detach-disk hdc, I got following errors.
>
> virsh # detach-disk guest01 hdc
> error: Failed to detach disk
> error: this function is not supported by the connection driver:
> This type of device cannot be hot unplugged
>
> What I can do is possible from virt-manager's "Disconnect" button,
> (next to source path: line)  from Hardware's TAB, Disk hdc screen.
> I want to do this from virsh.
>
> OS: RHEL5.6
> libvirt-0.8.2-15.el5_6.1 is used.
>
> Regards,
> Masanari Iida
>