----- On Mar 1, 2016, at 5:27 PM, Michal Privoznik mprivozn@redhat.com wrote:
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 ?
Hi,thanks for the information. I have some other questions: what is the right way to copy (clone) a vm ? I have one vm which i want to use a second time, on the same host, just with another MAC-Address. And how can i copy a vm to a plain partition (without fs) ? I read this is faster than having an image file on a file system. Bernd Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg www.helmholtz-muenchen.de Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: MinDir'in Baerbel Brumme-Bothe Geschaeftsfuehrer: Prof. Dr. Guenther Wess, Dr. Alfons Enhsen, Renate Schlusen (komm.) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Muenchen HRB 6466 USt-IdNr: DE 129521671