Re: [libvirt-users] which is the config file for a vm ?

On 01.03.2016 14:57, Lentes, Bernd wrote: > Hi, >

> Pictures you find here: https://hmgubox.helmholtz-muenchen.de:8001/d/51feb02c02/ > I thought the xml-file in /etc/libvirt/qemu ist the only responsable one. It is > that one which is configured when i issue a 'edit domain' in virsh. Or ? Yes, it's the only location where libvirt keeps inactive domain configurations. However, in some cases domain configuration can be fed in from a different source, e.g. when restoring from a file. Moreover, if the file is managed by libvirt (so called managed save), doing 'virsh start' will run domain from there rather than from a fresh config kept under /etc/libvirt/qemu. You can check whether domain has a managed save by inspecting 'virsh dominfo' output. Or if you restore a domain from previously saved state use 'virsh save-image-edit' to check MAC address. > Where does the VMM stores the configuration of the domains ?