Parameter Name

Description

 

Type

 

 

 

mode

the mode the VBD should be

read/write

 

mounted with

 

 

 

 

 

type

how the VBD appears to the

read/write

 

VM, for example disk or CD

 

 

 

 

currently-attached

True if the VBD is currently

read only

 

attached on this host, false

 

 

otherwise

 

 

 

 

 

storage-lock

True if a storage-level lock was

read only

 

acquired

 

 

 

 

 

 

status-code

error/success code

associated

read only

 

with the last attach operation

 

 

 

 

 

status-detail

error/success

information

read only

 

associated with the last attach

 

 

operation status

 

 

 

 

 

qos_algorithm_type

the QoS algorithm to use

read/write

 

 

 

qos_algorithm_params

parameters for the chosen QoS

read/write map parameter

 

algorithm

 

 

 

 

 

qos_supported_algorithms

supported QoS algorithms for

read only set parameter

 

this VBD

 

 

 

 

 

io_read_kbs

average read rate in kB per

read only

 

second for this VBD

 

 

 

 

 

io_write_kbs

average write rate in kB per

read only

 

second for this VBD

 

 

 

 

 

allowed-operations

list of the operations allowed in

read only set parameter

 

this state. This list is advisory

 

 

only and the server state may

 

 

have changed by the time this

 

 

field is read by a client.

 

 

 

 

current-operations

links each of the running tasks

read only set parameter

 

using this object (by reference)

 

 

to a current_operation enum

 

 

which describes the nature of

 

 

the task.

 

 

 

 

 

unpluggable

true if this VBD will support hot-

read/write

 

unplug

 

 

 

 

 

attachable

True if the device can be

read only

 

attached

 

 

 

 

 

other-config

additional configuration

read/write map parameter

 

 

 

 

vbd-create

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