On 10/12/2011 11:30 AM, Trey Dockendorf wrote:
I've created a very basic snapshot XML file, to allow for a description of
the snapshot. However when running the virsh command, it doesn't like the
formatting.
# virsh snapshot-create proxy_0 /vmstore/proxy_0/proxy_0_ss.xml
error: XML description for failed to parse snapshot xml document is not well
formed or invalid
That's because:
This are the XML file contents...
# cat proxy_0_ss.xml
<domainsnapshot>
<name></name>
If <name> is present, it must not be empty.
<description>Before updating to CR repo</desciption>
</domainsnapshot>
If you want libvirt to generate the name for you, then omit <name>;
otherwise, provide a non-empty name alongside your description.
I'm running libvirt-0.8.7 on CentOS 6 x86_64. I can take snapshots just
fine without defining the XML file, but I'd like to be able to add a
description.
Newer libvirt also has:
virsh snapshot-create-as --description 'Before updating to CR repo' proxy_0
which creates the XML for you, and thus is a bit easier to use. Alas,
that would mean you'd have to upgrade.
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Eric Blake eblake@xxxxxxxxxx +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
