libxen domain creation

libxen domain creation

[Ben Guthro]

All,

I am making a first pass at using the C bindings of the Xen-API for a 
test application, and am running into some confusion on the proper use 
of the API.

I am modeling some of my development around the test code in 
tools/libxen/test/test_bindings.c
However, some things are not clear to me, and the API documentation 
seems to be more of a function reference, than documenting the intended 
usage of the functions I am interested in. Hopefully, this list can help 
in this regard.

During domain creation, an ultimate goal is to pair a physical drive, or 
file with the domain being created.
If we know our configuration going into domain creation (as we should) 
such that the backend is, say
/dev/sda1 and we want this to ultimately be visible as /dev/hda on the 
guest - how would I go about this?

I can see that the relationship in the API is such that
a host contains PBD's (Phys. Bock Devs)
PBD's contain SR's (Storage Repos)
SR's contain VDI's ((Virtual Disk Image)
and the VDI is what the VM ultimately sees as its disk.

Should I be looking up all PBD's from the host, and comparing it's name 
with my config value? What is the proper relationship between the 
"/dev/sda1" and PBDs?

Any and all help to clear up this confusion would be appreciated.

Ben