Issue 365

vmdriver.py

disk = VMDisk.deserialize(disk)
domain.detachDevice(disk.dump_xml())
+    # Libvirt does NOT report failed detach so test it.
+    __check_detach(domain, disk.source)
+
+
+def __check_detach(domain, disk):
+    """ Test if detach was successfull by searching
+    for disk in the XML"""
+    xml = domain.XMLDesc()
+    root = ET.fromstring(xml)
+    devices = root.find('devices')
+    for d in devices.findall("disk"):
+        if disk in d.find('source').attrib.values()[0]:
+            raise Exception("Disk could not been detached. "
+                            "Check if acpiphp module is loaded.")

[Őry Máté]

Check if hot plug support is enabled (acpiphp module on Linux)

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