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Part V. Virtualization storage topics

Introduction to storage administration for virtualization

These chapters contain information the storage used in a virtualized environment. The chapters explain the concepts of storage pools and volumes, provide detailed configuration procedures and cover other relevant storage topics.

Table of Contents

25. Storage concepts

25.1. Storage pools
25.2. Volumes

26. Storage pools

26.1. Creating storage pools

26.1.1. Dedicated storage device-based storage pools
26.1.2. Partition-based storage pools
26.1.3. Directory-based storage pools
26.1.4. LVM-based storage pools
26.1.5. iSCSI-based storage pools
26.1.6. NFS-based storage pools

27. Volumes

27.1. Creating volumes

27.2. Cloning volumes

27.3. Adding storage devices to guests

27.3.1. Adding file based storage to a guest
27.3.2. Adding hard drives and other block devices to a guest

27.4. Deleting and removing volumes

28. Miscellaneous storage topics

28.1. Creating a virtualized floppy disk controller
28.2. Configuring persistent storage in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
28.3. Accessing data from a guest disk image

29. N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)

29.1. Enabling NPIV on the switch

29.1.1. Identifying HBAs in a Host System
29.1.2. Verify NPIV is used on the HBA