On 02/08/2011 02:06 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: > I want to know what is the difference between the output blkid command > shows and the uuid which is set by virt-manager > while creating a guest. > Suppose in case of a re installation sort of situation I want to do a > fresh install and restore things from a backup then > where does this UUID thing comes into picture and what is its role > with respect to Virtual Machines. > > AFAIU it's just a unique identifier for use with libvirt, though nowadays it might be passed down to the guest for other purposes. cc-ing libvirt-list - Cole -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list