On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 12:42:20AM +0530, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: [. . .] Forgot to note: Before blockcopy, the current block device is snap1.qcow2 (after too, it's the same, since we didn't `--pivot` to the copy. > Now, let's do a live blockcopy (with a '--finish' to graecully finish > the mirroring): > > $ virsh blockcopy --domain testvm2 vda \ > /export/dst/copy.qcow2 \ > --wait --verbose --finish > > > Examine the contents of the above 'copy': > > $ guestfish --ro -a copy.qcow2 > [. . .] > ><fs> run > ><fs> mount /dev/sda1 / > ><fs> ls / > bar > baz > jazz > lost+found > ><fs> quit > > If I'm reading the man page of 'blockcopy' correctly, shouldn't it > 'flatten' the entire chain, by also copying the contents of base into > copy.qcow2? i.e. the 'copy' should have files (including the file foo > from 'base': > > foo, bar, baz, jazz > > > True or false? > -- /kashyap _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
