On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 03:48:13PM +0200, Erik Skultety wrote:
So we refer to terms 'persistent' and 'transient'
across the whole man
page, without explicitly stating that domain created via the 'create'
command is in fact transient and will vanish once destroyed.
Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet(a)redhat.com>
---
tools/virsh.pod | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index c13f96f22..14a01e9ba 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -652,6 +652,11 @@ of open file descriptors which should be pass on into the guest. The
file descriptors will be re-numbered in the guest, starting from 3. This
is only supported with container based virtualization.
+Note that a domain created using this command is transient (temporary), meaning
+that such a domain simply disappears once shut off or destroyed and any
+subsequent attempts to B<start> it will fail. See B<define> command on how
to
+make a domain persistent.
+
Not really. With this command you can also start existing domain, just
with a different configuration. Given that the example below shows
exactly that usage, I think someone might get a bit confused. Would you
mind rewriting it to accommodate all variants?
B<Example>
virsh dumpxml <domain> > domain.xml
--
2.13.3
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