On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Justin Clift <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/08/2010 02:59 PM, Arthur Pemberton wrote: >> >> I just moved from F11 to F13 and I'm find no information on the best >> way to restore VMs. I had just copied /var/lib/libvirt (with the VMs >> off) as part of my backup (I already backup all of /etc). But >> virt-manager doesn't allow creations of VMs without installing. >> >> Also, as a side note, the search feature on the website doesn't seem >> to allow me to search using documentation only. > > Hi Arthur, > > It sounds like you already have working and valid XML configuration files > saved somewhere. > > You may want to take a look at importing those XML configuration files (one > by one) directly into your new F13 setup. > > Look into the virsh "define" then "start" commands, used from the command > line. > > That should get you started. There is plenty of info on the Net, in the man > pages, and in the Fedora 13 Virtualization Guide, about this. > > Hope that helps. :) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift I found out about `virsh define` from the IRC channel, and was able to restore from there. However, going forward, I'm curious as to how 'everyone else' handles backup/restore: simple copy/snapshot? -- Fedora 13 (www.pembo13.com)
