Re: [libvirt] XML files
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 04:02:45PM +1200, Derek wrote:
Unfortunately the changes I make for smbios and sysinfo (as below)
while editing don't appear to be accepted when saving with 'virsh
edit'. After saving I receive "Domain HMC XML configuration
edited." but the XML file remains unmodified. I wonder if they are
perhaps not supported with virsh edit yet?
This is just a general problem with virsh edit: it doesn't validate
the XML, and it doesn't offer to re-edit invalid changes. Thus
whenever you make a mistake in the XML it gets dropped.
For more info and a proposed fix see this thread:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-August/thread.html#00660
To workaround this, do it the old way:
virsh dumpxml HMC > hmc.xml
edit hmc.xml
virsh define hmc.xml
iterate edit/virsh define steps until you get it right
Which version of libvirt? According to the documentation <sysinfo>
was added in 0.8.7.
The fragment below looks reasonable, but there could be an XML error
in the context of the whole XML document.
<sysinfo type='smbios'>
<bios>
<entry name='vendor'>xxx xxx</entry>
<entry name='version'>xxx</entry>
</bios>
<system>
<entry name='product'>xxx</entry>
<entry name='version'>xxx</entry>
<entry name='manufacturer'>xxx xxx</entry>
</system>
</sysinfo>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-0.12'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='cdrom'/>
<smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
</os>
Rich.
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