Sys::Virt::NodeDevice(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				Sys::Virt::NodeDevice(3pm)

NAME

       Sys::Virt::NodeDevice - Represent & manage a libvirt storage pool

DESCRIPTION

       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.

METHODS

       my $name = $dev->get_name()
	   Returns a string with a locally unique name of the device

       my $parentname = $dev->get_parent()
	   Returns a string with a locally unique name of the parent of the device, or undef if there is no parent

       my $xml = $dev->get_xml_description()
	   Returns an XML document containing a complete description of the storage dev's configuration

       $dev->reattach()
	   Rebind the node device to the host OS device drivers.

       $dev->dettach()
	   Unbind the node device from the host OS device driver

       $dev->reset()
	   Reset the node device. The device must be unbound from the host OS drivers for this to work

       $dev->destroy()
	   Destroy the virtual device releasing any OS resources associated with it.

       my @caps = $dev->list_capabilities()
	   Return a list of all capabilities in the device.

AUTHORS

       Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Red Hat Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Daniel P. Berrange

LICENSE

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU General Public License as
       published by the Free Software Foundation (either version 2 of the License, or at your option any later version), or, the Artistic License,
       as specified in the Perl README file.

SEE ALSO

       Sys::Virt, Sys::Virt::Error, "http://libvirt.org"

perl v5.14.2							    2012-05-21						Sys::Virt::NodeDevice(3pm)