2:15 a.m.
Attempting to take snapshots of VM using virsh with the following command,
# virsh -c qemu:///system snapshot-create CentOS6-x86-001
Results in the following error,
error: internal error unable to execute QEMU command 'savevm': The command
savevm has not been found
The VM's virtual disks are qcow2. Below is the XML file for this vm
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<domain type='kvm' id='6'>
<name>CentOS6-x86-001</name>
<uuid>050fb9d8-0b9a-48b9-a432-16eec57a9e8f</uuid>
<memory>1024000</memory>
<currentMemory>1024000</currentMemory>
<vcpu>1</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.0.0'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
</features>
<clock offset='utc'/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
<source file='/vmstore/CentOS6-x86-001/CentOS6-x86-001_sys.qcow2'/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x04'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
<readonly/>
<alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1'
unit='0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
<source file='/vmstore/CentOS6-x86-001/CentOS6-x86-001_var.img'/>
<target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x06'
function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<controller type='ide' index='0'>
<alias name='ide0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x01'
function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<interface type='bridge'>
<mac address='52:54:00:4d:74:c7'/>
<source bridge='br0'/>
<target dev='vnet0'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<alias name='net0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x03'
function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<source path='/dev/pts/1'/>
<target port='0'/>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</serial>
<console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/1'>
<source path='/dev/pts/1'/>
<target port='0'/>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</console>
<input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
<alias name='input0'/>
</input>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes'/>
<video>
<model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
<alias name='video0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x02'
function='0x0'/>
</video>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<alias name='balloon0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x05'
function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
<seclabel type='dynamic' model='selinux'>
<label>system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c292,c580</label>
<imagelabel>system_u:object_r:svirt_image_t:s0:c292,c580</imagelabel>
</seclabel>
</domain>
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This is my first attempt at snapshots with KVM after migrating from ESXi, so
if there's a better method please let me know.
Thanks
- Trey