On 02/08/2011 02:06 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote:
I want to know what is the difference between the output blkid
command
shows and the uuid which is set by virt-manager
while creating a guest.
Suppose in case of a re installation sort of situation I want to do a
fresh install and restore things from a backup then
where does this UUID thing comes into picture and what is its role
with respect to Virtual Machines.
AFAIU it's just a unique identifier for use with libvirt, though nowadays it
might be passed down to the guest for other purposes. cc-ing libvirt-list
- Cole