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diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 48e135b255..053e80ec59 100644
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ terminating it.
**Related Flags**
:instances_path: Where instances are kept on disk
+:base_dir_name: Where cached images are stored under instances_path
:compute_driver: Name of class that is used to handle virtualization, loaded
by :func:`nova.utils.import_object`
@@ -72,6 +73,11 @@ compute_opts = [
cfg.StrOpt('instances_path',
default='$state_path/instances',
help='where instances are stored on disk'),
+ cfg.StrOpt('base_dir_name',
+ default='_base',
+ help="where cached images are stored under $instances_path"
+ "This is NOT full path - just a folder name"
+ "For per-compute-host cached images, Set to _base_$my_ip"),
cfg.StrOpt('compute_driver',
default='nova.virt.connection.get_connection',
help='Driver to use for controlling virtualization'),