Storage: ======== Desc: ----- Storage Pools are local and remote disks that store Virtual Machines. Types: ------ Local Partition - local partition (ext4) NFS - remote NFS file storage (files) iSCSI - remote iSCSI shared disk block storage (gfs2, ocfs2) Gluster - local replicated disk block storage Actions: -------- Add = define a new storage pool Edit = edit storage pool Browse = view storage pool contents (may register virtual machines in file browser) Start = start storage pool (iSCSI pools are not auto mounted) Stop = stop and unmount storage pool Mount = mount storage pool (only iSCSI pools need to be manually mounted) Unmount = unmount storage pool (only iSCSI pools need to be manually unmounted) Format = format local partition or iSCSI pools to ext4 format - Local Parition must be off to format - iSCSI must be on but unmounted to format iSCSI: [since 0.5] [chap auth since 0.7] ------ iSCSI currently support two shared disk formats that require special setup. ocfs2 : (Oracle) gfs2 : (Red Hat) (UNTESTED) Gluster: [since 0.9] -------- Gluster is a replicated disk storage pool (vSAN). Gluster : (Red Hat)
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