Re: [libvirt] autostarting xend domains

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:00:50AM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote: >> >> I found that support for setting autostart parameters for xend managed >> guests has been added to libvirt >> (https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-May/msg00060.html) >> >> So I tried that but failed with virsh's autostart command (and also >> virt-manager) like this: >> >> virsh # autostart saruman >> libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error >> creating domain: VM name 'saruman' already exists as domain 32") >> libvir: Xen Daemon error : failed Xen syscall Failed to redefine sexpr >> 6508560 >> error: Failed to mark domain saruman as autostarted >> >> >> So yes, the domain is indeed running but I understood it should be >> changeable during a domain's lifetime. >> >> Any ideas? >> That is a libvirt CVS snapshot from yesterday and a Xen 3.1 installation. >> >> Thanks, >> Wolfgang > Hmm, I thought redefining the sexpr in place was an a-okay thing to do, > and this worked on my f8 machine. I'll look into this. Yes it is an OK thing todo. It is explicitly supported as it is *required* in order todo installations - we boot the guest with the install config, and defnie the guest with its persistent config. What exact version of Xen is being used here ? It looks like it has overzealous duplicate checking