Sys::Virt::NodeDevice - Represent & manage a libvirt storage pool
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.
Sys::Virt::NodeDevice
Returns a string with a locally unique name of the device
Returns a string with a locally unique name of the parent of the device, or undef if there is no parent
Returns an XML document containing a complete description of the node device's configuration. The optional $flags parameter controls generation of the XML document, defaulting to 0 if omitted. It can be one or more of the XML DUMP constants listed later in this document.
Rebind the node device to the host OS device drivers.
Unbind the node device from the host OS device driver
Reset the node device. The device must be unbound from the host OS drivers for this to work
Start a node device whose configuration was previously defined using the define_node_device method in Sys::Virt. The $flags parameter is currently unused and defaults to zero.
define_node_device
$flags
Delete a node device whose configuration was previously defined using the define_node_device method in Sys::Virt. The $flags parameter is currently unused and defaults to zero.
Return a true value if the node device is configured to automatically start upon boot. Return false, otherwise
Set the state of the autostart flag, which determines whether the node device will automatically start upon boot of the host OS.
Returns a true value if the node device is currently running
Returns a true value if the node device has a persistent configuration file defined
Destroy the virtual device releasing any OS resources associated with it.
Return a list of all capabilities in the device.
Update the definition of an existing node device with $xml. The $flags parameter can be use to control which config is affected (see XML UPDATE FLAGS) and defaults to zero (affect current state of the node device).
$xml
This section documents constants that are used with various APIs described above
The following constants are used to filter object lists
Include devices with the network capability
Include devices with the PCI device capability
Include devices with the SCSI capability
Include devices with the SCSI host capability
Include devices with the SCSI target capability
Include devices with the storage capability
Include devices with the system capability
Include devices with the USB device capability
Include devices with the USB interface capability
Include devices with the fibre channel host capability
Include devices with the NPIV vport capability
Include devices with the SCSI generic capability
Include devices with the DRM capability
Include mediated devices
Include devices capable of mediated devices
Include CCW devices
Include CSS devices
Include VDPA devices
Include s390 AP card devices
Include s390 AP matrix devices
Include s390 AP queue devices
Include PCI devices with VPD
Include active devices
Include inactive devices
Include persistent devices
Include transient devices
Node device lifecycle events
Node device config update events
The following constants allow node device lifecycle change events to be interpreted. The events contain both a state change, and a reason though the reason is currently unused.
Indicates that a device was created
Indicates that a device has been deleted
Indicates that a device configuration has been created
Indicates that a device configuration has been deleted
Validate the XML document against schema
Affect live if node device is active, config if it's not active
Affect live state of node device only
Affect persistent config only
The following constants are used to control the information included in the XML configuration dump
Report the persistent inactive configuration for the node device.
Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Red Hat Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Daniel P. Berrange
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To install Sys::Virt, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Sys::Virt
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Sys::Virt
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.