On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 04:00:07PM -0400, John Sanabria wrote: > Thanks Daniel, > > i did the next: > > 1- use dd command to get a copy from a vm: > dd if=00_16_3E_32_0F_0F of=copia-00_16_3E_32_0F_0F > 2- then, ( probably big mistake :-( ) use virsh command: > virsh dumpxml 00_16_3E_32_0F_0F > ~/copia-vm.cfg > 3- i modify the copia-vm.cfg and change the name field and remove the mac > address field, defined inside of the interface tag: > --------------------- virsh dumpxml output --------------------- > <domain type='xen' id='-1'> > <name>copia-00_16_3E_32_0F_0F</name> > <uuid>dd9fe09e1155f9223779b6c28bf43488</uuid> > <bootloader>/usr/bin/pygrub</bootloader> > <os> > <type>linux</type> > </os> > <memory>262144</memory> > <vcpu>1</vcpu> > <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> > <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> > <on_crash>restart</on_crash> > <devices> > <interface type='bridge'> > <source bridge='xenbr0'/> > </interface> > <disk type='file' device='disk'> > <driver name='file'/> > <source file='/var/lib/xen/images/copia-00_16_3E_32_0F_0F'/> <target > dev='xvda'/> > </disk> > </devices> > </domain> > --------------------- virsh dumpxml output --------------------- > 4- virsh define copia-00_16_3E_32_0F_0F, (am i (re-)define the domain > 00_16_3E_32_0F_0F ???) > > 5- virsh start copia-00_16_3E_32_0F_0F (boot ok!, can get into the root > account, ping google.com, works! :-D) > > 6- but i don't need this domain anymore 'virsh undefine > copia-00_16_3E_32_0F_0F' > > 7- boot again the original vm: > > [root@shutdown ~]# virsh start 00_16_3E_32_0F_0F > libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: > error: failed to get domain '00_16_3E_32_0F_0F' > > 8- oops! :-( Did you change the <uuid> field in the XML when you cloned it ? If not that's probably where the mistake was. > > 9- i try to "recreate" the xml file, > a- [root@shutdown ~]# virsh dumpxml /var/lib/xen/images/00_16_3E_32_0F_0F > > original-vm.cfg > libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: > error: failed to get domain '/var/lib/xen/images/00_16_3E_32_0F_0F' > b- [root@shutdown ~]# virsh dumpxml 00_16_3E_32_0F_0F > original-vm.cfg > libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: > error: failed to get domain '00_16_3E_32_0F_0F' > > is possible bring to alive the domain 00_16_3E_32_0F_0F? Just edit your original dump ~/copia-vm.cfg and put back the original parameters when virsh define ~/copia-vm.cfg Dan -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
