Add explanations re:Storage Repositories to the Xen-API overview#7101
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Signed-off-by: Seb Hinderer <sebastien.hinderer@vates.tech>
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| - Next, we need to specify the UUID of the Storage Repository where the VM's | ||
| disks will be instantiated. We have to put this in the `sr` attribute in | ||
| - Next, we need to specify where the VM's disks will be stored by | ||
| default. We do so by putting `my_sr_ref` in the `sr` attribute in |
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I haven't verified it. But from the code, it seems indeed it is UUID.
https://github.com/xapi-project/xen-api/blob/master/ocaml/xapi/xapi_templates.ml#L128
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LGTM, just need to check if it is a Ref or a UUID that you need to provide for the SR when modifying the other-config. It looks like it is a UUID.
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The description of how to install a VM through the Xen API didmention storage repositories but only in passing. This PR proposes to fully introduce them before moving on to the installation of VMs.