Re: Attaching block devices to a VM in bhyve
Thanks. Last question. I also noticed that iSCSI targets are supported. I might have missed it, but is there a link to documentation somewhere? (Does one simply use the default portal for iSCSI? or how are portals specified.) Thanks, Jon On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Peter Grehan gre...@freebsd.org wrote: Hi Jon, Do you think it would be a hard thing to add in to bhyve or is it related to something that's already being worked on? Quite difficult as it stands with bhyve: there's currently no way to dynamically modify a running VM's configuration. This limitation will be removed at some point but not in the short term. later, Peter. ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Attaching block devices to a VM in bhyve
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Jonathan Wong jon.the.w...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. Last question. I also noticed that iSCSI targets are supported. I might have missed it, but is there a link to documentation somewhere iSCSI Initiator and Target Configuration: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-iscsi.html -- Craig ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Attaching block devices to a VM in bhyve
On 2015-01-13 16:45, Jonathan Wong wrote: Hi. I was looking around and it seems is possible to attach zvols to a bhyve vm, at least according to the vmrc script. Is it possible to attach a block device to a VM after it has been launched? Thanks, Jon ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org You can attach a block device, just use the path to the device in the place of a filename, same way you do with a zvol. However, it is not currently possible to attach a block device after bhyve has started. -- Allan Jude signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Attaching block devices to a VM in bhyve
Thanks. Do you think it would be a hard thing to add in to bhyve or is it related to something that's already being worked on? Thanks, Jon On Jan 13, 2015 1:47 PM, Allan Jude allanj...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2015-01-13 16:45, Jonathan Wong wrote: Hi. I was looking around and it seems is possible to attach zvols to a bhyve vm, at least according to the vmrc script. Is it possible to attach a block device to a VM after it has been launched? Thanks, Jon ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org You can attach a block device, just use the path to the device in the place of a filename, same way you do with a zvol. However, it is not currently possible to attach a block device after bhyve has started. -- Allan Jude ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Attaching block devices to a VM in bhyve
Hi Jon, Do you think it would be a hard thing to add in to bhyve or is it related to something that's already being worked on? Quite difficult as it stands with bhyve: there's currently no way to dynamically modify a running VM's configuration. This limitation will be removed at some point but not in the short term. later, Peter. ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
