Virt-manager / libvirt is yet to expose perhaps this functionality - but as far as i remember libvirt should be doing this as a pass-through for the URL's which have been passed as "<schema>://<server>/<volname>" Does libvirt 'invoke' fuse when passed "gluster://" schema? On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Dave Christianson <davidchristianson3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good Evening, > > I have read that libgfapi has been backported to qemu-kvm in RHEL 6.5 (and > by virtue CentOS and SL). However I am unable to figure out how to actually > make it work as described. Virt-manager still only seems to support > glusterfs volumes via fuse. > > I can use qemu-img to create a disk image on gluster://<server>/<Volume>. > But virt-manager can only use it from a fuse mounted fileshare. There seems > to be no ability to attach in virt-manager directly to the image on > glusterfs using libgfapi. > > All documents I've found describe the use of the command > "qemu-system-x86_64," however that command does not exist in CentOS 6.5. > That appears to be the only way to start the domain using libgfapi. So > basically, I can create an image via libgfapi but cannot do anything useful > with it. > > Should I be able to do this? If so, what's the procedure? Or is CentOS/RHEL > 6.5 just not fully integrated? I really want to be able to use libgfapi and > avoid the performance penalty of fuse. Should I just grab & compile the > latest verisons of libvirt and qemu-kvm? > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users -- Religious confuse piety with mere ritual, the virtuous confuse regulation with outcomes _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
