On Thu, 2020-12-24 at 16:26 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > Two other ideas: > > You could create an "original" copy of the VM that you never touch, > and then clone it to restore. What I don't know is whether clone > implies duplicating all the storage too. If so then you might want the > original to have no file set for the virtual drive. > > I've gotten somewhat adept at fiddling with the xml using 'virsh edit > $vm' but there's a somewhat recent feature you can enable in > virt-manager to directly edit xml in virt-manager. For every device on > the left side UI, there's GUI configuration on the right side, but at > the top there's a tab to see the xml. You have to go dig in > virt-manager preferences to enable xml editing, otherwise you just get > to look at the xml, not change it. I've started doing this rather than > editing the xml directly via virsh edit.
Yes, I've used that. My current difficulty (annoyance really) is that having edited the xml file in a local directory, I can run it using 'virsh create ...' and it duly appears in the virt-manager panel. However if I close virt-manager or end my login session it doesn't show up on restarting and I have to do the 'virsh create' again. I can't figure out how to actually install the new VM where virt-manager will find it (having deleted the original one). I've had a look at virt- clone but haven't managed to find right incantation yet. poc PS This is now fairly OT w.r.t. the thread subject, but I'm taking the liberty of abusing your forbearance :-) _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
