Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
> That sounds like RHEL 6 (or CentOS). Yup, CentOS 6.3. I should have mentioned that. > Sounds like one resolved symlinks while the other did not. Maybe it's > worth enhancing libvirt to allow all names that resolve to the same file, > rather than just the exact spelling used? At any rate, we

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/05/2012 02:19 PM, Joe Linoff wrote: >> Huh? The current upstream version of qemu is 1.2; I don't recognize > the >> 2.0.12 numbering. > > Sorry about that. It was a typo. The version seems to be 0.12.1.2. from > running > > $ /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm --version > QEMU PC emulator version 0.12

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
> [please don't top-post on technical lists] Okay, sorry about that. >> >> Thank you for your suggestions. Here is what happened when I tried the >> snapshot. I will try the dd a bit later. >> >> VERSIONS >> virsh: 0.9.10 >> qemu: 2.0.12 > Huh? The current upstream version of qemu is 1.2; I

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/05/2012 01:52 PM, Joe Linoff wrote: > Hi Eric: [please don't top-post on technical lists] > > Thank you for your suggestions. Here is what happened when I tried the > snapshot. I will try the dd a bit later. > > VERSIONS > virsh: 0.9.10 > qemu: 2.0.12 Huh? The current upstream version o

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
ren; libvirt-users@redhat.com Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file On 11/05/2012 01:25 PM, Joe Linoff wrote: > Hi Henrik: > > When I tried to copy the file descriptor file a "Stale NFS file handle" > error was generated: > > $ cp -f /proc/13196/fd/9 /t

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/05/2012 01:25 PM, Joe Linoff wrote: > Hi Henrik: > > When I tried to copy the file descriptor file a "Stale NFS file handle" > error was generated: > > $ cp -f /proc/13196/fd/9 /tmp/guest.img > cp: cannot stat `/proc/13196/fd/9': Stale NFS file handle > > I suppose that makes sense because

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
Monday, November 05, 2012 11:53 AM To: Joe Linoff Cc: libvirt-users@redhat.com Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:03:11AM -0800, Joe Linoff wrote: > I am curious about how to re-create a disk image file from a running > guest when the origin

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
: Joe Linoff Cc: libvirt-users@redhat.com Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:03:11AM -0800, Joe Linoff wrote: > I am curious about how to re-create a disk image file from a running > guest when the original disk image file is accidentally deleted

Re: [libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Henrik Ahlgren
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:03:11AM -0800, Joe Linoff wrote: > I am curious about how to re-create a disk image file from a running > guest when the original disk image file is accidentally deleted. This > came up recently during a test scenario but I couldn't figure out how to > do it. If you have

[libvirt-users] re-create disk image file

2012-11-05 Thread Joe Linoff
Hi Everybody: I am curious about how to re-create a disk image file from a running guest when the original disk image file is accidentally deleted. This came up recently during a test scenario but I couldn't figure out how to do it. Thanks, Joe __