path to the file holding the disk. If the disk
<code>type</code> is "block", then the <code>dev</code>
attribute specifies the path to the host device to serve as
- the disk. If the disk <code>type</code> is "network", then
- the <code>protocol</code> attribute specifies the protocol to
- access to the requested image; possible values are "nbd",
- "rbd", and "sheepdog". If the <code>protocol</code> attribute
- is "rbd" or "sheepdog", an additional
+ the disk. If the disk <code>type</code> is "dir", then the
+ <code>dir</code> attribute specifies the fully-qualified path
+ to the directory to use as the disk. If the disk <code>type</code>
+ is "network", then the <code>protocol</code> attribute specifies
+ the protocol to access to the requested image; possible values
+ are "nbd", "rbd", and "sheepdog". If the <code>protocol</code>
+ attribute is "rbd" or "sheepdog", an additional
attribute <code>name</code> is mandatory to specify which
image to be used. When the disk <code>type</code> is
"network", the <code>source</code> may have zero or
more <code>host</code> sub-elements used to specify the hosts
to connect.
- <span class="since">Since 0.0.3</span>
- For "file" disk type which represents cdrom or floppy
- (the <code>device</code> attribute) it is possible to define
- policy what to do with disk if source is not accessible.
- This is done by <code>startupPolicy</code> attribute accepting
+ <span class="since">Since 0.0.3; <code>type='dir'</code> since
+ 0.7.5; <code>type='network'</code> since 0.8.7</span><br/>
+ For a "file" disk type which represents a cdrom or floppy
+ (the <code>device</code> attribute), it is possible to define
+ policy what to do with the disk if the source file is not accessible.
+ This is done by the <code>startupPolicy</code> attribute, accepting
these values:
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