Hi, libvirt allows you to create two guests with same name, but with different UUIDs. This causes some problems in the reporting though. virsh will report that a guest is running (when it isn't). This also causes some confusion for the dominfo call - virsh will only return info for one of the guests. I've seen similar issues when using the virDomainLookupByName() API. I suspect all the issues are the same bug, but I haven't had a chance to track down where. Thanks! # virsh version Compiled against library: libvir 0.6.3 Using library: libvir 0.6.3 Using API: QEMU 0.6.3 Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.9.1 # virsh list --all Id Name State ---------------------------------- 109 demo2 running - domU1 shut off - test_domain shut off # virsh dumpxml demo2 <domain type='kvm' id='109'> <name>demo2</name> <uuid>4dea24b3-1d52-d8f3-2516-782e98a23fa0</uuid> <memory>131072</memory> <currentMemory>131072</currentMemory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>restart</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <source file='/tmp/default-kvm-dimage'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> </disk> <interface type='user'> <mac address='24:42:53:21:52:45'/> </interface> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes'/> </devices> </domain> # cat demo2 <domain type='kvm' id='55'> <name>demo2</name> <uuid>4dea24b3-1d52-d8f3-2516-782e98a23fa3</uuid> <memory>131072</memory> <currentMemory>131072</currentMemory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>restart</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <source file='/tmp/default-kvm-dimage'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> </disk> <interface type='user'> <mac address='24:42:53:21:52:45'/> </interface> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5902' autoport='yes'/> </devices> </domain> # virsh define demo2 Domain demo2 defined from demo2 # virsh list --all Id Name State ---------------------------------- 109 demo2 running - demo2 running - domU1 shut off - test_domain shut off # ps -ef | grep qemu root 11464 1 96 09:04 ? 00:02:12 /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -cpu qemu32 -m 128 -smp 1 -name demo2 -uuid 4dea24b3-1d52-d8f3-2516-782e98a23fa0 -monitor pty -pidfile /var/run/libvirt/qemu//demo2.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/tmp/default-kvm-dimage,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -net nic,macaddr=24:42:53:21:52:45,vlan=0 -net user,vlan=0 -serial none -parallel none -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 root 11483 27407 0 09:06 pts/1 00:00:00 grep qemu # -- Kaitlin Rupert IBM Linux Technology Center kaitlin(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com