The documentation for the flag doesn't clearly state that the flag only enhances the output and the user needs to specify other flags to list inactive domains, that are enhanced by this flag. --- tools/virsh.c | 2 +- tools/virsh.pod | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c index cfdd040..7477d32 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.c +++ b/tools/virsh.c @@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_list[] = { {"name", VSH_OT_BOOL, 0, N_("list domain names only")}, {"table", VSH_OT_BOOL, 0, N_("list table (default)")}, {"managed-save", VSH_OT_BOOL, 0, - N_("mark domains with managed save state")}, + N_("mark inactive domains with managed save state")}, {"title", VSH_OT_BOOL, 0, N_("show short domain description")}, {NULL, 0, 0, NULL} }; diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod index a60e667..c6e0ff3 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.pod +++ b/tools/virsh.pod @@ -381,8 +381,9 @@ into s3 state. =back If I<--managed-save> is specified, then domains that have managed save -state (only possible if they are in the B<shut off> state) will -instead show as B<saved> in the listing. This flag is usable only with the +state (only possible if they are in the B<shut off> state, so you need to +specify I<--inactive> or I<--all> to actually list them) will instead +show as B<saved> in the listing. This flag is usable only with the default I<--table> output. If I<--name> is specified, domain names are printed instead of the table -- 1.7.3.4