On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09/12/2012 08:50 AM, Li Zhang wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 09/12/2012 07:59 AM, Li Zhang wrote: >>>> Sorry for wrong subject prefix of my mail, correct it. -:) >>>> >>> >>> The tag in the prefix is done automatically, you don't have to >>> do that ;) >>> >> Got it, thanks. :) >> >>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Li Zhang <zhlcindy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I am testing the virsh commands, and I found that these two commands: >>>>> * domhostname >>>>> * hostname >>>>> >>>>> From the manual of virsh commands: >>>>> * hostname >>>>> Print the hypervisor hostname. >>>>> * domhostname domain >>>>> Returns the hostname of a domain, if the hypervisor makes >>>>> it available >>>>> >>>>> It seems that both of them want to get the host name. What's the >>>>> difference between them? >>>>> >>> >>> Basically it's what's written. "virsh hostname" will give you the >>> hostname of the hypervisor (host), but "virsh domhostname <domain>" is >>> trying to get the hostname of the specified domain (guest). >>> >> Oh, domhostname is the guest's name. Am I right? > > domhostname is the guest's hostname, however... > >> I saw virsh also has such a command to get guest's name: >> $virsh domname domain-id-or-uuid >> > > ...this is the name of the domain (basically this function converts ID > or UUID of the domain to its name). > Ah, I see. -:) Thanks. >>>>> From the source code, domhostname only is supported for openvz on 0.10.1. >>>>> Will this be only for openvz in the future? >>>>> >>> >>> I don't know about anyone trying to work on this, but it doesn't mean it >>> won't change. It's possible to implement it for some other hypervisors >>> as well, but nobody had the need to, I guess. >> >> I see, thanks a lot for your reply! >> >>> >>>>> Any idea? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks a lot in advance. -:) >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Best Regards >>>>> -Li >>>> >>> >>> Martin >>> >> >> >> > -- Best Regards -Li -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list