On 2 August 2011 18:28, sethuraman subbiah <sethusubb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Aug 2, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > > > [re-adding the list] > > > > On 08/02/2011 03:18 PM, sethuraman subbiah wrote: > >>> Libvirt shoots for monthly releases; the current schedule is feature > freeze this weekend, then a release around the first of August. > >>> > >>> The new API will allow you do to either: > >>> > >>> virsh dumpxml --inactive --dom> file.xml > >>> edit file.xml > >>> virsh save dom dom.save --xml file.xml > >>> virsh restore file.save > >>> > >>> or: > >>> > >>> virsh dumpxml --inactive --dom> file.xml > > > > Using --inactive here only works if you haven't made any changes to the > inactive configuration that differs from the currently running domain. I'd > amend this step to 'virsh dumpxml dom > file.xml' for both of these > examples. > > > >>> virsh save dom dom.save > >>> edit file.xml > >>> virsh restore file.save --xml file.xml > > > > These two examples will be supported in 0.9.4. Additionally, I added: > > > > virsh save-file-dumpxml dom.save > file.xml > > virsh save-file-define dom.save file.xml > > virsh save-file-edit dom.save > > > > to do things inline, and to make it so you don't have to remember to > 'virsh dumpxml dom' prior to 'virsh save'. > > > I tried changing the disk image and it works fine. But if I try to change the mac address , I get error: unsupported configuration. My aim was to perform cloning and change the mac of the cloned image and also doing some changes inside the vm to make sure it obtains a new ip. Is there a possibility to get this working with the current API ? > >> > >> I found that the latest libvirt (libvirt 0.9.4) is out. > > > > That's amazing, considering it hasn't been released yet :) Maybe you are > referring to 0.9.4-rc2 instead? But at any rate, the official 0.9.4 will > probably be released tomorrow with even more bug fixes above 0.9.4-rc2. > > > Yeah , I was referring to 0.9.4-rc2 :) I will install the official libvirt > 0.9.4 tomorrow . > > > I tried installing in my Centos 5.6 machine. After a successful > installation, when I start virsh , I get : > >> > >> virsh: /lib/libvirt.so.0: version `LIBVIRT_PRIVATE_0.8.2' not found > (required by virsh) > >> > >> Is it possible to get the latest version of libvirt 0.9.4 work on Centos > 5.6 ? Thanks a lot for your help. > > > > Yes, it should be possible, although I haven't tried it myself on centos > (but I have tried on RHEL 5.7). Are you sure you installed your self-built > libvirt.so correctly? We take great pains to ensure that libvirt.so is > backwards compatible (no symbols are ever removed). > > > I think so, I installed libvirt 0.9.4-rc2 on Centos 6 and it worked fine. I > tried installing in Centos 5.6 (It had libvirt already installed through > yum) . I did yum remove libvirt. Then I did ./configure --prefix = / , make > , make install , ldconfig. When I enter virsh after finishing these steps, I > get that error. I am not sure whether I am committing a mistake in-between. > Please correct me if I am wrong. Thank you. > > -- > > Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 > > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > Thanks a lot for your time. - Regards, Sethuraman Subbiah Graduate Student - NC state University M.S in Computer Science
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