Got it. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "shyu" <shyu@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:59:54 PM > Subject: Re: A RFE for libvirt > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 07:49:22AM -0400, shyu wrote: > > Hi libvirt guys, > > > > I am an newbie to libvirt. There is an requirement for libvirt: > > Every time I want to rename an guest by virsh command, I need to virsh > > edit origin_guest(edit the name,delete/edit the uuid) after that a new > > guest with the same configuration as origin_guest was defined, > > then virsh undefine origin_guest. > > Seems it's a little complex, so should be there an virsh command like > > "virsh rename origin_guest new_guest"? > > I know I can use virt-manager to rename an guest,but if there is an > > virsh command can do it, I think it's much useful. > > There's no libvirt API for guest rename, though one has often been > requested. It would be non-trivial (potentially impossible) to make > it work for running guests, but certainly doable for inactive guests. > > Patches welcome from anyone interested in tackling it... If you focus > on the inactive guest rename only, it would be a fairly simple piece > of work that is a good introduction to writing code for libvirt & its > QEMU/KVM driver. > > Regards, > Daniel > -- > |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| > |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| > |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| > |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc :| > -- Regards shyu _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
