<path> as child element of <pool><target>

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Specifies the path to the device backing a storage pool.

Text content

The text content depends on the pool type:

dir | netfs: Specifies the fully qualified path of the host or network directory.
fs: Specifies the device node of the disk or the partition.

Selected attributes

None.

Usage

Configuring storage pools

Parent elements

<target> as child element of <pool>

Child elements

None.

Example

This example specifies a directory backing a storage pool of type directory:

<pool type="dir">
  <name>directoryPool</name>
  <target>
    <path>/var/lib/libvirt/images</path>
  </target>
</pool>

This example specifies an FC-attached SCSI disk backing a storage pool of type file system:

<pool type="fs">
    <name>fspool01</name>
    <source>
        <device path="/dev/s356001/fspool"/>
    </source>
    <target>
        <path>/var/lib/libvirt/images/fspool01</path>
    </target>
</pool>