Hi, See if you have a /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/save/your_guest_name.save That might be the ghost of the old guest preventing startup. -- David Cohen On Sunday 25 September 2011 23:45:01 Sergio A. Kessler wrote: > hi, > > - host: rhel6 > - I created a guest rmdev2 (centos6) > - undefined it > - again created rmdev2 guest (centos6) > > now I get: > > > [root@rmdev1 var]# virsh -c qemu:///system > Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal. > > Type: 'help' for help with commands > 'quit' to quit > > virsh # list --all > Id Name State > ---------------------------------- > - rmdev2 shut off > > virsh # start rmdev2 > error: Failed to start domain rmdev2 > error: operation failed: cannot restore domain 'rmdev2' uuid > 9e9ea633-9691-f3d6-64da-ae9c8b3e5810 from a file which belongs to > domain 'rmdev2' uuid 4f425d14-335b-0adc-11af-06e503c6b54d > > why ? > it seems the ghost of the old guest is causing problems... > all the files used by the first guest are deleted... > > > thanks. > /sergio > > _______________________________________________ > libvirt-users mailing list > libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users