On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 06:08:38PM +0100, Francesco Morosinotto wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thank you a lot for your reply; > > You should really consider using libvirt live snapshots. With new > > enough libvirt and qemu, you can even get optimal behavior with no guest > > downtime. This topic comes up frequently on the list; for example, a > > quick search found this in the archives: > > > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2014-October/msg00055.html > last time I tried to take external atomic disk only snapshot I > encountered bugs > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1004606) and > gave up. > > In my box I have virsh 1.2.2 and despite this > $ virsh blockcommit test hda --active --verbose --pivot > error: command 'blockcommit' doesn't support option --active and --pivot If it's possible in your environment, I'd really recommend you to switch to try a newer libvirt version - 1.2.8 or above. -- /kashyap _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users