[libvirt-users] surprising <backingStore type='file'> setting in domain.xml

Hello all. My currently used versions: libvirt-5.2.0 and qemu-4.0.0. Here is my problem. I'm struggeling since a few weeks with a strange behaviour by either qemu or libvirt. After a reboot of the hardware node the $domain.xml contains suddenly a backingStore setting which was not there before reboot. Something like that: <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/shinymail/shinymail_weekly.qcow2-2019-05-15'/> <backingStore type='file'> <format type='qcow2'/> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/shinymail.qcow2'/> </backingStore> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/> </disk> ... This obviousely happens after a backup has been running. The Backup Script looks like this: <snip> virsh snapshot-create-as --domain shinymail weekly --diskspec vda,file=/var/lib/libvirt/shinymail/shinymail_weekly.qcow2-$(date +%Y-%m-%d) --disk-only --atomic --no-metadata cp ... virsh blockcommit shinymail vda --active --verbose --pivot <snip> So after that "dmblklist shinymail" does show the right source file but after a reboot it tries to use the weekly snapshot again which leads to filesystem errors. Someone has an idea what could cause such a behaviour? cheers t. -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list