XenServer Administrator's Guide 4.1.0

Command line interface
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VBD parameters
VBDs have the following parameters:
Parameter Name Description Type
uuid The unique identifier/object reference for
the VBD
read only
vm-uuid The unique identifier/object reference for
the VM this VBD is attached to
read only
vm-name-label The name of the VM this VBD is attached
to
read only
vdi-uuid The unique identifier/object reference for
the VDI this VBD is mapped to
read only
vdi-name-label The name of the VDI this VBD is mapped
to
read only
empty if true, this represents an empty drive read only
device the device seen by the guest, for example
hda1
read only
userdevice user-friendly device name read/write
bootable true if this VBD is bootable read/write
mode the mode the VBD should be mounted with read/write
type how the VBD appears to the VM, for
example disk or CD
read/write
currently-attached Is the VBD currently attached on this host?
true or false
read only
storage-lock true if a storage-level lock was acquired read only
status-code error/success code associated with the last
attach operation
read only
status-detail error/success information associated with
the last attach operation status
read only
qos_algorithm_type the QoS algorithm to use read/write
qos_algorithm_params parameters for the chosen QoS algorithm read/write map parameter
qos_supported_algorithmssupported QoS algorithms for this VBD read only set parameter
io_read_kbs average read rate in kB/s for this VBD read only
io_write_kbs average write rate in kB/s for this VBD read only
vbd-metrics-last-updated Timestamp of the date and time
that the metrics for a VM based on
this template were read, in the form
yyyymmddThh:mm:ss z, where z is the
single-letter military timezone indicator, for
example, Z for UTC (GMT)
read only
allowed-operations list of the operations allowed in this state.
This list is advisory only and the server
state may have changed by the time this
field is read by a client.
read only set parameter
current-operations read only set parameter