Re: [libvirt] kvm-qemu emulator problem

Sorry for that I defined it now When I run the command [root@localhost qemu]# virsh start guestfvd error: Failed to start domain guestfvd error: internal error unknown disk format 'fvd' for /var/lib/libvirt/images/guestfvd I know this error sounds like the fvd is not installed but I havecompiled it and maked it myself Qemu-img command list the format fvd along with qed ,qcow2 The binary qemu-system-x86-64 isalso maked as a result of make install What to do now ??? -----Original Message----- From: Michal Novotny [mailto:minovotn@redhat.com] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:14 PM To: Pankaj Rawat Cc: libvir-list(a)redhat.com Subject: Re: [libvirt] kvm-qemu emulator problem On 01/05/2012 11:43 AM, Pankaj Rawat wrote: > I created a xml file guestfvd.xml > > Then I made changes as u specified > And when run command > > > [root@localhost qemu]# virsh start guestfvd > error: failed to get domain 'guestfvd' > error: Domain not found: no domain with matching name 'guestfvd' > > > Now this error make sence since we have'nt created a guest yet how can > we start such one. > Please correct me if I'm wrong > Can you help me on this You forgot to define it first ;-) You have to define it using "virsh define guestfvd.xml" first and then start :-) The name of what guest to start have to be the same as the one in "//domain/name" node of xPath query applied to the XML file. Michal