On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 02:21:49AM -0700, Michael March wrote: > When I do this: > > conn.lookupByName('myDomU').destroy() > > ... I get this: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "test.py", line 30, in ? > print conn.lookupByName('myDomU').destroy() > File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 238, in destroy > if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainDestroy() failed', dom=self) > libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainDestroy() failed > > > What am I missing here? Destroy should do the equivalent of 'Delete' on > virt-manager, correct? No Destroy means kill a running domain, it's probably not running, hence the error. Delete means undefining a domain see http://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt.html#virDomainUndefine domain.undefine() """undefine a domain but does not stop it if it is running """ I think it's available in RHEL 5 update 2. Daniel -- Red Hat Virtualization group http://redhat.com/virtualization/ Daniel Veillard | virtualization library http://libvirt.org/ veillard@xxxxxxxxxx | libxml GNOME XML XSLT toolkit http://xmlsoft.org/ http://veillard.com/ | Rpmfind RPM search engine http://rpmfind.net/ -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list