Hi folks, Problem solved as follow; $ sudo virsh define /etc/libvirt/gemu/VM.xml Now Virtual Machine Manager finds the VM guest. I'm interested to know which file holds such entry/data? TIA B.R. Stephen L message from satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:40:59 +0800 From: satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reply-To: satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: How to restore a deleted VM To: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx How folks, KVM host - Debian 5.0 Accidentally I deleted a VM on the VirtualMachineManager. VM.xml is still in /etc/libvirt/qemu/VM.xml VM.qcow2 still in /VM/VM.qcow2 Please advise how to add it back? TIA B.R. Stephen L -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html