[libvirt] libvirtError: this function is not supported by the connection driver: virInterfaceDefineXML

Hi, Could anyone help I'm getting the following error when I tried to add a new network interface. DETAILS Connection --------------------------- import libvirt conn = libvirt.open('qemu:///system') Interface XML ---------------------- <interface type="bridge" name="br0"> <start mode="onboot"/> <mtu size="1500"/> <protocol family="ipv4"> <dhcp/> </protocol> <bridge stp="off" delay="0.01"> <interface type="ethernet" name="eth0"> <mac address="ab:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff"/> </interface> <interface type="ethernet" name="eth1"/> </bridge> </interface> In [96]: conn.interfaceDefineXML(interfacexml,0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------libvirtError Traceback (most recent call last)/home/saju/<ipython-input-96-0536ffe3fa23> in <module>()----> 1 conn.interfaceDefineXML(br1xml,0) /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.pyc in interfaceDefineXML(self, xml, flags) 2750 libvirtd. """ 2751 ret = libvirtmod.virInterfaceDefineXML(self._o, xml, flags)-> 2752 if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virInterfaceDefineXML() failed', conn=self) 2753 __tmp = virInterface(self, _obj=ret) 2754 return __tmp libvirtError: this function is not supported by the connection driver: virInterfaceDefineXML Regards Sijo Jose