Managing storage pools
Before you begin
- Configure one or more storage pools as described in Configuring storage pools.
- For each storage pool, configure a set of volumes. Alternatively, you can create volumes by using virsh commands.
About this task
Once a storage pool is defined to libvirt, it can enter the states inactive
,
active
, or destroyed
.
Figure 1 shows the state-transition diagram of a storage pool:Figure 1. Storage pool state-transition diagram
There are virsh commands to:
- Create a persistent storage pool definition, modify the definition, and delete the storage pool definition
- Manage the storage pool life cycle
- Monitor a storage pool
These commands are described in Storage pool management commands.
There are also virsh commands to manage the volumes of a storage pool. Use the commands described in Volume management commands.