On 06/09/2013 02:46 PM, Thomas Stein wrote: > Hello. > > I just tried the following: > > virsh dumpxml --security-info gentoo-template > gentoo-template.xml > virsh snapshot-create gentoo-template > virsh undefine gentoo-template Wait - is that really the command you used after "snapshot-create" ? Because: You cannot undefine a guest with a snapshot without first deleting its metadata To cleanly delete, maybe you should've done: $ virsh snapshot-delete --domain gentoo-template SNAPSHOTID --metadata > virsh blockcopy gentoo-template vda > /opt/virt-backup-blockcopy/gentoo-template/gentoo-template.qcow2 --wait --verbose --finish > virsh define gentoo-template.xml Can you also paste the output of: $ qemu-img info --backing-chain \ /opt/virt-backup-blockcopy/gentoo-template/gentoo-template.qcow2 > virsh snapshot-delete gentoo-template --current > > But if i restore the /opt/virt-backup-blockcopy/gentoo-template/gentoo-template.qcow2 the > snapshot is gone. > > Someone has an idea what i'm missing? I suppose i'm just missunderstandig the snapshot > mechanism. Here's how I used blockcopy (few months ago, slightly outdated) -- http://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/virt/lc-2012/live-backup-with-blockcopy.txt > > thanks an best regards > t. > > _______________________________________________ > libvirt-users mailing list > libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users > -- /kashyap _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
