Greetings > >Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 4:13 AM >From: "brent s." <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: attaching a specific usb device to vm > >use address instead. > >https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#usb-pci-scsi-devices > >>On Apr 10, 2026 10:10, daggs via Users <[email protected]> wrote: >>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
Thank you for the suggestion, however as I've explained in the initial question, using address is the solution if there is no port change, that isn't my case, the port can change Dagg
