Disk (disk) Resource

Example 12–12 Example disk XML

<Envelope>
  <References/>
  <Content xsi:type="ovf:VirtualSystem_Type" id="ldg1">
    <Section xsi:type="ovf:VirtualHardwareSection_Type">
      <Item>
        <rasd:OtherResourceType>disk</rasd:OtherResourceType>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="vdisk_name">vdisk0</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty
          key="service_name">primary-vds0</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="vol_name">vdsdev0</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="timeout">60</gprop:GenericProperty>
      </Item>
    </Section>
  </Content>
</Envelope>

A disk resource is always contained within a <Content> section. It must have <gprop:GenericProperty> tags with the following keys:

• vdisk_name – Name of the virtual disk

• service_name – Name of the virtual disk server to which this virtual disk is to be bound

• vol_name – Virtual disk service device with which this virtual disk is to be associated

Optionally, the disk resource can also have the timeout property, which is the timeout value in seconds for establishing a connection between a virtual disk client (vdc) and a virtual disk server (vds). If there are multiple virtual disk (vdisk) paths, then the vdc can try to connect to a different vds, and the timeout ensures that a connection to any vds is established within the specified amount of time.