Issue accidentally creating a '--type' defined pool
Daniel P. Berrangé
berrange at redhat.com
Mon Oct 2 08:22:09 UTC 2023
On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 09:40:26AM +0000, Joshua Blake wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I seem to have accidentally created a pool called "--type", but it doesn't
> appear in 'virsh pool-list'. See below.
>
> [root at vh01 /]# virsh pool-define-as --name --type dir --target
> /data/storage/
> Pool --type defined
>
> [root at vh01 /]# virsh pool-list
> Name State Autostart
> ------------------------------
> isos active yes
> jblake active yes
You need
virsh pool-list --alll
to also seen inactive pools
> [root at vh01 /]# virsh pool-destroy '--type'
> error: command 'pool-destroy' doesn't support option --type
You would need
virsh pool-destroy -- --type
the bare '--' tells it to stop looking for option flags even if following
strings start in --
>
> I can't also create a new "default" type because the directory exists for
> this defined '--type'
>
> [root at vh01 /]# virsh pool-define-as --name default --type dir --target
> /data/storage/
> error: Failed to define pool default
> error: operation failed: Storage source conflict with pool: '--type'
>
> [root at vh01 /]# virsh pool-delete "--type"
> error: command 'pool-delete' doesn't support option --type
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
With regards,
Daniel
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