Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 06/10] docs: storage: Document SCSI pools

[Dave Allan <dallan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/22/2010 05:10 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson<crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   docs/formatstorage.html.in |    5 +++++
>   docs/storage.html.in       |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/formatstorage.html.in b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
> index 855d475..8f62f73 100644
> --- a/docs/formatstorage.html.in
> +++ b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
> @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
>           only occur once. Contains a single attribute<code>path</code>
>           which is the fully qualified path to the block device node.
>           <span class="since">Since 0.4.1</span></dd>
> +<dt><code>adapter</code></dt>
> +<dd>Provides the source for pools backed by SCSI adapters. May
> +        only occur once. Contains a single attribute<code>name</code>
> +        which is the SCSI adapter name (ex. "host1").
> +<span class="since">Since 0.6.2</span></dd>
>         <dt><code>host</code></dt>
>         <dd>Provides the source for pools backed by storage from a
>           remote server. Will be used in combination with a<code>directory</code>
> diff --git a/docs/storage.html.in b/docs/storage.html.in
> index a3399c6..c179945 100644
> --- a/docs/storage.html.in
> +++ b/docs/storage.html.in
> @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ libvirt.
>         <li>
>           <a href="#StorageBackendISCSI">iSCSI backend</a>
>         </li>
> +<li>
> +<a href="#StorageBackendSCSI">SCSI backend</a>
> +</li>
>       </ul>
>
>       <h2><a name="StorageBackendDir" id="StorageBackendDir">Directory pool</a></h2>
> @@ -345,5 +348,39 @@ libvirt.
>       <p>
>         The iSCSI volume pool does not use the volume format type element.
>       </p>
> +
> +<h2><a name="StorageBackendSCSI" id="StorageBackendSCSI">SCSI volume pools</a></h2>
> +<p>
> +      This provides a pool based on a SCSI HBA. Volumes are preexisting SCSI
> +      LUNs, and cannot be created via the libvirt APIs. Since /dev/XXX names
> +      aren't generally stable, it is recommended to configure the pool
> +      to use<code>/dev/disk/by-path</code>  or<code>/dev/disk/by-id</code>
> +      for the target path. These provide persistent stable naming for LUNs
> +<span class="since">Since 0.6.2</span></dd>
> +</p>
> +
> +<h3>Example pool input</h3>
> +<pre>
> +&lt;pool type="scsi"&gt;
> +&lt;name&gt;virtimages&lt;/name&gt;
> +&lt;source&gt;
> +&lt;adapter name="host0"/&gt;
> +&lt;/source&gt;
> +&lt;target&gt;
> +&lt;path&gt;/dev/disk/by-path&lt;/path&gt;
> +&lt;/target&gt;
> +&lt;/pool&gt;</pre>
> +
> +<h3>Valid pool format types</h3>
> +<p>
> +      The SCSI volume pool does not use the pool format type element.
> +</p>
> +
> +<h3>Valid volume format types</h3>
> +<p>
> +      The SCSI volume pool does not use the volume format type element.
> +</p>
> +
> +
>     </body>
>   </html>

After the fact, but ACK.  Thanks for doing this.

Dave

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