On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 16:27:00 +0100, Elias Mobery wrote:
> OK, so I tried both ways. (The VM image is in the read-only squashfs.)
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> 1.) Editing VM domain XML:
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> Error: Internal Error - Could not open
> /var/lib/libvirt/images/vm.snapshot1 : Permission Denied
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OK, so I tried both ways. (The VM image is in the read-only squashfs.)
1.) Editing VM domain XML:
Error: Internal Error - Could not open
/var/lib/libvirt/images/vm.snapshot1 : Permission Denied
I chowned everything to libvirt but no changes. Maybe a read-only conflict?
2.) Addi
On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 18:35:44 +0100, Elias Mobery wrote:
> Hey man, I tried both suggestions, thanks again.
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> Option 1.) Create/attach a second qcow2 disk & unplug when wiping.
> This did not work unfortunately. After wiping the overlay filesystem on the
> host (where the snapshots are sittin
Hey man, I tried both suggestions, thanks again.
Option 1.) Create/attach a second qcow2 disk & unplug when wiping.
This did not work unfortunately. After wiping the overlay filesystem on the
host (where the snapshots are sitting), I cannot create another snapshot, a
similar error message like bef
Hey Peter, thanks for the super quick reply, you're awesome!
So you mean the first option would be to create a second disk instead of
using snapshot for write, when it gets too big I can then unplug the disk,
delete it (or wipe entire overlay fs) and recreate it to start fresh?
OK I will try that
On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 14:51:54 +0100, Elias Mobery wrote:
> Hello Peter, thank you so much for that detailed info!
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> Sorry, you were right, when trying to delete my external snapshot via
> snapshot-delete, the error says "deletion of external snapshots unsupported"
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> I can't merge the snaps
Hello Peter, thank you so much for that detailed info!
Sorry, you were right, when trying to delete my external snapshot via
snapshot-delete, the error says "deletion of external snapshots unsupported"
I can't merge the snapshot because the VM image is in a read-only
filesystem. Sorry I should've
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 13:05:40 +0100, Elias Mobery wrote:
> Hi everybody!
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> I'm using a snapshot purely for writes and was wondering if it's possible
> to clear/empty the snapshot after it reaches a certain size?
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> Created with:
> virsh snapshot-create-as --disk-only
So this creates a so
