On 03/13/2014 11:55 AM, Peng Yu wrote: >> No, managed in this case means that /tmp is not a libvirt storage pool, and >> therefor we don't know how to create a qcow2 disk image (it's only supported >> through libvirt's storage APIs). >> >> The latest release of virt-install 1.0.0 will turn /tmp into a storage pool >> automatically. To do it manually, you can do > > What is the easiest way to install virt-install 1.0.0 on ubuntu 13.10? > git clone git://fedorahosted.org/virt-manager.git cd virt-manager ./virt-install ... > I'm trying to understand "storage pool". It sounds a little bit > complex. Would you please help me understand what you mean by "storage > pool"? Why is it called a pool? Thanks. > > http://libvirt.org/storage.html > A storage pool is just a directory that libvirt will probe some info of and expose to API users. It probes filesystem size and usage, files in the directory, their sizes and formats, etc. - Cole >> virsh pool-define-as --name tmppool --type dir --target /tmp >> virsh pool-start tmppool > _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list