Storage pool management commands

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Before you begin

  • Ensure that the libvirt daemon is running on the host.

Procedure

  • Creating, modifying, and deleting a persistent storage pool definition:
    Functionality Command
    Create a persistent definition of a storage pool configuration pool-define
    Edit the libvirt-internal configuration of a defined storage pool pool-edit
    Delete the persistent libvirt definition of a storage pool pool-undefine
  • Managing the storage pool life cycle:
    Functionality Command
    Enable or disable the automatic start of a storage pool when the libvirt daemon is started pool-autostart
    Start a defined inactive storage pool pool-start
    Update the volume list of a storage pool pool-refresh
    Shut down a storage pool - the pool can be restarted by using the virsh pool-start command pool-destroy
    Delete the volumes of a storage pool
    Attention: This command is intended for expert users. Depending on the pool type, the results range from no effect to loss of data. In particular, data is lost when a zfs or LVM group pool is deleted.
    		 pool-delete
  • Monitoring storage pools:
    Functionality Command
    View a list of all defined storage pools pool-list
    Display the current libvirt-internal configuration of a storage pool pool-dumpxml
    Display information about a defined storage pool pool-info
    Retrieve the name of a storage pool from its UUID pool-name
    Retrieve the UUID of a storage pool from its name pool-uuid