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Libvirt Storage Pools

Access Libvirt Storage Pools​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the Libvirt Storage Pools in the left panel.

View Basic Information of a Libvirt Storage Pool​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the Libvirt Storage Pools in the left panel.
  4. Select the storage pool to view.
  5. Click the View button in the top right panel.
  6. View the storage pool name, type, location and realm.

Create a New Libvirt Storage Pool​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the Libvirt Storage Pools in the left panel.
  4. Click the Create new storage pool button in the top right panel.
  5. In the pop-up, enter the realm, storage pool name, type, explicit quotas selection, location in VM host filesystem, and optional location in backend filesystem.
  6. Click Create pool.
caution

A storage pool without explicit quotas grants unlimited access to shared storage for its users.

tip

Ensure the Libvirt storage pool location is a full path to allow users to write to both the VM host and the backend.

Edit an Existing Libvirt Storage Pool​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the Libvirt Storage Pools in the left panel.
  4. Select the storage pool to edit.
  5. Click the Edit button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, edit the storage pool name, type, explicit quotas selection, location in the VM host filesystem, and optional location in the backend filesystem.
  7. Click Update pool.

Copy the Libvirt Storage Pool ID​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the Libvirt Storage Pools in the left panel.
  4. Select the storage pool to copy ID.
  5. Under the ID column, click the Copy button.
  6. Paste the storage pool ID where necessary.
note

The storage pool ID is a unique string of numbers and characters: b354082e-4ae2-4d59-9dde-327824b27018.

Delete a Libvirt Storage Pool​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the Libvirt Storage Pools in the left panel.
  4. Select the storage pool to delete.
  5. Click the Delete button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, click Delete.
danger

Deleting a Libvirt storage pool is permanent. All volumes will be lost if not backed up.

Decide the Type of a Libvirt Storage Pool​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the Libvirt Storage Pools in the left panel.
  4. Select the storage pool to edit.
  5. Click the Edit button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, edit the storage pool type to Drives, Hardware Setups, Raw Volumes, Images, ISOs, or Miscellaneous.
  7. Click Update pool.
info

The Type in storage pools indicates the purpose the storage pool serves. For example, a storage pool for storing data will be set to Drives, for hardware infrastructure to Hardware Setups, for volume allocation to Volumes, for VM images used by hardware setups to Images, for ISO images to ISOs, and for other purposes to Miscellaneous.