Directory Backend
-----------------
-include::attributes.txt[]
+ifdef::wiki[]
+:pve-toplevel:
+:title: Storage: Directory
+endif::wiki[]
Storage pool type: `dir`
|Backup files |`dump/`
|===========================================================
+
Configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Specifies the image format (`raw|qcow2|vmdk`).
When you create a VM template, all VM images are renamed to indicate
-that they are now read-only, and can be uses as a base image for clones:
+that they are now read-only, and can be used as a base image for clones:
base-<VMID>-<NAME>.<FORMAT>
backend changes the access mode to `0444`, and sets the immutable flag
(`chattr +i`) if the storage supports that.
+
Storage Features
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~