8:25 a.m.
Hi,
i'm cuurently a bit confused if a guest does have a valid snapshot or not.
This is the xml:
...
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.sn'/>
<backingStore type='file' index='1'>
<format type='raw'/>
<source
file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.img'/>
<backingStore/>
</backingStore>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
...
both files are currently in access by the respective qemu process.
lsof:
qemu-kvm 19533 root 13u REG 253,0 29761732608 12091393
/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.sn
qemu-kvm 19533 root 14r REG 253,0 111561775513 44793857
/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.img
Here are both files:
pc60181:/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604 # ll
...
-rw------- 1 root root 111561775513 Oct 22 15:23 crispor_1604.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29761732608 Feb 7 15:13 crispor_1604.sn
crispor_1604.sn has a recent timestamp.
The snapshot is currently in use:
virsh # domblklist crispor_1604
Target Source
------------------------------------------------
vda /var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.sn
But virsh does not show any snapshot:
virsh # snapshot-list crispor_1604
Name Creation Time State
------------------------------------------------------------
So i'm a bit confused. Does it have a valid snapshot or not. How can i find out and
how can i get rid of it ?
Thanks.
Bernd
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8:43 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 15:25:22 +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
Hi,
i'm cuurently a bit confused if a guest does have a valid snapshot or not.
This is the xml:
...
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
<source
file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.sn'/>
<backingStore type='file' index='1'>
<format type='raw'/>
<source
file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.img'/>
<backingStore/>
</backingStore>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
...
both files are currently in access by the respective qemu process.
lsof:
qemu-kvm 19533 root 13u REG 253,0 29761732608 12091393
/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.sn
qemu-kvm 19533 root 14r REG 253,0 111561775513 44793857
/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.img
Here are both files:
pc60181:/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604 # ll
...
-rw------- 1 root root 111561775513 Oct 22 15:23 crispor_1604.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29761732608 Feb 7 15:13 crispor_1604.sn
crispor_1604.sn has a recent timestamp.
The snapshot is currently in use:
virsh # domblklist crispor_1604
Target Source
------------------------------------------------
vda /var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.sn
But virsh does not show any snapshot:
virsh # snapshot-list crispor_1604
Name Creation Time State
------------------------------------------------------------
Libvirt is probably lacking the metadata for the snapshot. That is not a
problem though, because since libvirt doesn't support deletion of
external snapshots anyways currently you'd need to use the below
approach anyways.
So i'm a bit confused. Does it have a valid snapshot or not. How
can i find out and how can i get rid of it ?
virsh blockcommit crispor_1604 vda --active --pivot
in the case above. that merges the
file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.sn'/
into file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.img'/ and
finishes the job.
If you have more complex backing chain you might want to use the --top
and --base arguments to control which portion to merge as the command
I've suggested merges everything into the bottom-most image.
11:29 a.m.
----- On Feb 7, 2020, at 3:43 PM, Peter Krempa pkrempa(a)redhat.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 15:25:22 +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
...
Libvirt is probably lacking the metadata for the snapshot. That is not a
problem though, because since libvirt doesn't support deletion of
external snapshots anyways currently you'd need to use the below
approach anyways.
virsh blockcommit crispor_1604 vda --active --pivot
in the case above. that merges the
file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.sn'/
into file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604/crispor_1604.img'/ and
finishes the job.
If you have more complex backing chain you might want to use the --top
and --base arguments to control which portion to merge as the command
I've suggested merges everything into the bottom-most image.
Hi Peter,
i'm not lucky:
virsh help blockcommit does not know --active or --pivot.
virsh # help blockcommit
SYNOPSIS
blockcommit <domain> <path> [<bandwidth>] [<base>] [--shallow]
[<top>] [--delete] [--wait] [--verbose] [--timeout <number>] [--async]
OPTIONS
[--domain] <string> domain name, id or uuid
[--path] <string> fully-qualified path of disk
[--bandwidth] <string> bandwidth limit in MiB/s
[--base] <string> path of base file to commit into (default bottom of chain)
--shallow use backing file of top as base
[--top] <string> path of top file to commit from (default top of chain)
--delete delete files that were successfully committed
--wait wait for job to complete
--verbose with --wait, display the progress
--timeout <number> with --wait, abort if copy exceeds timeout (in seconds)
--async with --wait, don't wait for cancel to finish
It does not say anything about the device.
I tried:
virsh # blockcommit crispor_1604 /var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604.sn vda --wait
--verbose
error: bandwidth must be a number
virsh # blockcommit crispor_1604 /var/lib/libvirt/images/crispor_1604.sn --wait --verbose
error: invalid argument: No device found for specified path
virsh # blockcommit crispor_1604 crispor_1604.sn --wait --verbose
error: invalid argument: No device found for specified path
virsh # blockcommit crispor_1604 vda --wait --verbose
error: Operation not supported: committing the active layer not supported yet
virsh # blockcommit crispor_1604 crispor_1604.sn --wait --verbose
error: invalid argument: No device found for specified path
virsh # blockcommit crispor_1604 crispor_1604.sn --verbose
error: missing --wait option
virsh # blockcommit crispor_1604 crispor_1604.sn
error: invalid argument: No device found for specified path
virsh # blockcommit crispor_1604 crispor_1604.sn vda
error: bandwidth must be a number
Am i missing something ? Is there an error or is my libvirt version to old ?
If yes, would it be successfull to copy the files to a host with more recent libvirt,
define it and then blockcommit ?
I have libvirt 1.2.5-15.3 (host is SLES 11 SP4).
Bernd
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1:29 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 18:29:59 +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
----- On Feb 7, 2020, at 3:43 PM, Peter Krempa pkrempa(a)redhat.com wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 15:25:22 +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
[...]
Am i missing something ? Is there an error or is my libvirt version
to old ?
If yes, would it be successfull to copy the files to a host with more recent libvirt,
define it and then blockcommit ?
I have libvirt 1.2.5-15.3 (host is SLES 11 SP4).
Ah, this is probably too old. Well another option is to use:
virsh blockpull VM vda
This pulls in everything from the backing file into the overlay. This
usually means more data transferred, but worked for longer time. The VM
will then use the topmost image rather than the base.
12:10 p.m.
----- On Feb 10, 2020, at 8:29 AM, Peter Krempa pkrempa(a)redhat.com wrote:
virsh blockpull VM vda
Hi Peter,
that did the job.
Thanks.
Bernd
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen
Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1
85764 Neuherberg
www.helmholtz-muenchen.de
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: MinDir.in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling
Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Matthias Tschoep, Kerstin Guenther
Registergericht: Amtsgericht Muenchen HRB 6466
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