Bryan Kearney wrote: > > David Lutterkort wrote: >> On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 12:47 -0400, Bryan M. Kearney @redhat.com wrote: >>> # HG changeset patch >>> # User "Bryan M. Kearney <bkearney@xxxxxxxxxx>" >>> # Date 1214497967 14400 >>> # Node ID efba908eb79ad0bf2805c27f784de92578207f1b >>> # Parent 63aca2dbb3154a65505b1ccef080a8887742cef5 >>> Added a --replace option to virt-image which allows it to replace an existing machine if it is current running or defined >> Couldn't the same be achieved with a small shell script wrapper around >> the virt-image invocation, something like >> >> virsh list | grep -q $NAME && virsh destroy $NAME >> virt-image $IMAGE_XML >> >> It seems that this patch addresses a very specific use case (repeatedly >> starting a VM based on the same image.xml) >> >> Other than that it might be redundant though, the patch looks fine. >> > > For me, if I have a shutoff machine then 'virsh list' does not return > anything, but virt-manager shows me the shutoff machine. In addition, > virt-image will fail on an install because of the shutoff machine. > You need to use 'virsh list --all' to see inactive vms. Yeah, it annoys lots of people :) - Cole _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
