On 05.08.2016 09:23, Chen Hanxiao wrote: > From: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao@xxxxxxxxx> > > In libvirt, snapshot means disk snapshot. > snapshot --live is more like VM checkpoint. > Make it clear in virsh.pod. > > Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > tools/virsh.pod | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod > index fc6a680..30e6bf3 100644 > --- a/tools/virsh.pod > +++ b/tools/virsh.pod > @@ -3896,8 +3896,9 @@ this. If this flag is not specified, then some hypervisors may fail > after partially performing the action, and B<dumpxml> must be used to > see whether any partial changes occurred. > > -If I<--live> is specified, libvirt takes the snapshot while the guest is > -running. This increases the size of the memory image of the external > +If I<--live> is specified, libvirt takes the snapshot(checkpoint) while > +the guest is running. Both disk snapshot and VM memory snapshot will be took. > +This increases the size of the memory image of the external > checkpoint. This is currently supported only for external checkpoints. > > Existence of snapshot metadata will prevent attempts to B<undefine> > Fixed grammar, ACKed and pushed. Michal -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list