From my understanding virConnectListActiveDomains() is listing all the
active (running) domains and virConnectListDefinedDomains() is listing
all the inactive domains that are defined since if we create a domain
directly from XML, i.e. non-persistent, we have the domain in active
domains list but it's not defined. Only inactive but defined domains are
in the defined list AFAIK.
I can't find the function virConnectListActiveDomains(), did you mean virConnectListActiveDomains()?
If we have 2 domains created *directly* from XML file, 3 persistent
domains active and 4 domains inactive (but defined) we should be getting
number 5 from virConnectListActiveDomains() since 2 + 3. For defined
(inactive) domains we should be getting number for and total number
should be 2 + 3 + 4 = 9 domains.
Confused, do you missed some words? Shouldn't it be:
2 active but not defined
3 active but defined
4 inactive and defined
2 + 3 = 5 active
3 + 4 = 7 defined
2 + 3 + 4 = 9 total
libvirt_list_domains() should gets 9;
libvirt_list_active_domains() gets 5
libivrt_list_inactive_domains() gets 4?
libvirt_list_defined_domains() (if there's such a function) gets 7?