2.18. Example: Detaching a Disk using Python

from ovirtsdk.api import API
from ovirtsdk.xml import params

try:
    api = API(url="https://HOST", 
              username="USER@DOMAIN", 
              password="PASS",
              ca_file="ca.crt")

    vm = api.vms.get(name="VM_NAME")
    disk = vm.disks.get(name="DISK_NAME")

    detach = params.Action(detach=True)
    disk.delete(action=detach)

    print "Detached disk %s successfully!" % disk

    api.disconnect()

except Exception as ex:
    print "Unexpected error: %s" % ex

from ovirtsdk.api import API
from ovirtsdk.xml import params

try:
    api = API(url="https://HOST", 
              username="USER@DOMAIN", 
              password="PASS",
              ca_file="ca.crt")

    vm = api.vms.get(name="VM_NAME")
    disk = vm.disks.get(name="DISK_NAME")

    detach = params.Action(detach=True)
    disk.delete(action=detach)

    print "Detached disk %s successfully!" % disk

    api.disconnect()

except Exception as ex:
    print "Unexpected error: %s" % ex