> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM > From: "daggs via Users" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: attaching a specific usb device to vm > > Greetings, > > I have two identical hdd to usb enclosures connected to a server which run > two vms, lets call the foo and goo. > I'm looking for the ability to connect a specific hdd to a specific vm, > naturally using vendor and device is not possible and using bus+port will > provide what I need however it does not persists incase of port change. > I saw that using the hooks, libvirt provides the xml to the hook and read it > from the output of the hook. > I tried adding detection and adding accurate hostdev xml tag to the vm xml > and I see it from the output of the hook execution in the prepare stage > however, the system boots but the hdd is not visible in guest. > > the docs reference this feature only for migrate and restore ops, does this > means I cannot use it in the prepare stage? > if so, is there another way to do what I want? > > Thanks, > > Dagg >
I forgot a small but important detail, I'm running both vms in session mode, each as a different user
