Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot troubles
On 01/21/2013 03:43 PM, jurgen.depicker(a)let.be wrote:
> Dear all,
> I created some snapshots, a long time ago, using the xml description
> option, so the snapshots have a name with a space in it...
> Really a bad choice apparently, since it seems impossible to delete
them
> now: I cannot find how to enter the snapshot name properly due
to the
> space. Quotes don't seem to help; escaping the space doesn't help
either.
> Anybody knows how to solve this?
> eg:
> snapshot-delete DOMINO1-prealloc --snapshotname 'W2K3-virgin install'
What version of libvirt are you using? And is this within the virsh
batch mode, or from the command line?
root@VLET3:~# virsh --version
0.8.3
(ubuntu 10.10 : I cannot upgrade it right now; I need to wait at least a
month but need to remove the snapshots since I run out of disk space...)
The error happens both on command-line and batch mode.
> error: Domain snapshot not found: no snapshot with matching name
> ''W2K3-virgin'
> (-> notive also the extra ' added )
That's not supposed to happen; quoting of spaces is supposed to mimic
shell quoting, so that you can use arguments with spaces in both command
line and batch mode. To test:
# virsh echo two spaces
two spaces
# virsh echo 'two spaces'
two spaces
root@VLET3:~# virsh echo two spaces
error: unknown command: 'echo'
So, or I pray that my 20G remaining will suffice for one more month, or
maybe someone knows how to rename a snapshot, or edit some config file
where that name is configured?
I am very very sorry to see that this bug was solved in later versions...
but I really cannot upgrade that server now...
Grts, J
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