Mention that hypervisors may need a temporary file and document the qemu
template for creating them.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
docs/formatdomain.rst | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst
index e6f09a728f..3253a28e5a 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.rst
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst
@@ -3479,6 +3479,13 @@ paravirtualized driver is specified via the ``disk`` element.
``shareBacking`` attribute should be set to ``yes``. Note that hypervisor
drivers may need to hotplug such disk and thus it works only with
configurations supporting hotplug. :since:`Since 7.4.0`
+
+ Hypervisors may need to store a temporary file containing the data written
+ by the domain while running, which may be stored in the same location
+ as the original source of the disk (The ``qemu`` driver stores the temporary
+ files as ``$(origsource).TRANSIENT-$(vmname)``, where ``$(origsource)`` is
+ the full original path of the disk source and ``$(vmname)`` is the name of the
+ domain).
``serial``
If present, this specify serial number of virtual hard drive. For example, it
may look like ``<serial>WD-WMAP9A966149</serial>``. Not supported for
--
2.47.0
