Signed-off-by: MORITA Kazutaka <morita.kazutaka at lab.ntt.co.jp> --- qemu-doc.texi | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index 22a8663..86e017c 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ snapshots. * host_drives:: Using host drives * disk_images_fat_images:: Virtual FAT disk images * disk_images_nbd:: NBD access +* disk_images_sheepdog:: Sheepdog disk images @end menu @node disk_images_quickstart @@ -630,6 +631,57 @@ qemu -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst qemu -cdrom nbd:localhost:exportname=openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst @end example + at node disk_images_sheepdog + at subsection Sheepdog disk images + +Sheepdog is a distributed storage system for QEMU. It provides highly +available block level storage volumes that can be attached to +QEMU-based virtual machines. + +You can create a Sheepdog disk image with the command: + at example +qemu-img create sheepdog:@var{image} @var{size} + at end example +where @var{image} is the Sheepdog image name and @var{size} is its +size. + +To import the existing @var{filename} to Sheepdog, you can use a +convert command. + at example +qemu-img convert @var{filename} sheepdog:@var{image} + at end example + +You can boot from the Sheepdog disk image with the command: + at example +qemu sheepdog:@var{image} + at end example + +You can also create a snapshot of the Sheepdog image like qcow2. + at example +qemu-img snapshot -c @var{tag} sheepdog:@var{image} + at end example +where @var{tag} is a tag name of the newly created snapshot. + +To boot from the Sheepdog snapshot, specify the tag name of the +snapshot. + at example +qemu sheepdog:@var{image}:@var{tag} + at end example + +You can create a cloned image from the existing snapshot. + at example +qemu-img create -b sheepdog:@var{base}:@var{tag} sheepdog:@var{image} + at end example +where @var{base} is a image name of the source snapshot and @var{tag} +is its tag name. + +If the Sheepdog daemon doesn't run on the local host, you need to +specify one of the Sheepdog servers to connect to. + at example +qemu-img create sheepdog:@var{hostname}:@var{port}:@var{image} @var{size} +qemu sheepdog:@var{hostname}:@var{port}:@var{image} + at end example + @node pcsys_network @section Network emulation -- 1.5.6.5 |