NAME¶
Sys::Virt::NodeDevice - Represent & manage a libvirt storage pool
DESCRIPTION¶
The "Sys::Virt::NodeDevice" module represents a storage pool managed
by libvirt. There are a variety of storage pool implementations for LVM, Local
directories/filesystems, network filesystems, disk partitioning, iSCSI, and
SCSI.
METHODS¶
- my $name = $dev->get_name()
- Returns a string with a locally unique name of the
device
- my $parentname = $dev->get_parent()
- Returns a string with a locally unique name of the parent
of the device, or undef if there is no parent
- my $xml = $dev->get_xml_description()
- Returns an XML document containing a complete description
of the storage dev's configuration
- $dev->reattach()
- Rebind the node device to the host OS device drivers.
- $dev->dettach()
- Unbind the node device from the host OS device driver
- $dev->reset()
- Reset the node device. The device must be unbound from the
host OS drivers for this to work
- $dev->destroy()
- Destroy the virtual device releasing any OS resources
associated with it.
- my @caps = $dev->list_capabilities()
- Return a list of all capabilities in the device.
AUTHORS¶
Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Red Hat Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Daniel P. Berrange
LICENSE¶
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of either the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation (either version 2 of the License, or at your option any
later version), or, the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README
file.
SEE ALSO¶
Sys::Virt, Sys::Virt::Error, "
http://libvirt.org"