Re: [libvirt] trying to 'destroy' a domain with Python bindings...

> When I do this: > > conn.lookupByName('myDomU').destroy() > > ... I get this: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "test.py", line 30, in ? > print conn.lookupByName('myDomU').destroy() > File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 238, in destroy > if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainDestroy() failed', dom=self) > libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainDestroy() failed > > > What am I missing here? Destroy should do the equivalent of 'Delete' on > virt-manager, correct? > No Destroy means kill a running domain, it's probably not running, hence the error. Delete means undefining a domain see http://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt.html#virDomainUndefine domain.undefine() """undefine a domain but does not stop it if it is running """ I think it's available in RHEL 5 update 2. Daniel