Bikuan Zhang,
I am not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but I think you want to copy a file, maybe a driver for the VM or some software you want to install on the VM ?
Here is two methods that I use to copy files from the host computer that is running the VM, or actually from any other computer to the VM.
1) create an ISO image containing the files that I want to copy to the VM, then mount the ISO image in the VM (by having a virtual DVD/CDROM device attached to the VM), then copy the files from the mounted ISO image to the VM's virtual disk drive. The advantage of this method is that the VM and the Host running the VM do not need to be network connected to the same network.
2) Copy the files to a network share (usually samba, or NFS), and then access this network share from the VM and copy the files to the VM's virtual disk drive.
3) Using FileZilla to SSH the files from the computer on which the files are (for example, the Host computer running the VM) to the VM. Rsync is another method too that I have used.
In the above methods 2 and 3, the host must be able to connect via networks to the VM, which is not always the way, and certainly does not need to be. The VM can be connected to a totally isolated network.
Hope this helps, if I have not answered your question and you think I could help, please provide a bit more detail about how the Host and the VM are related, and the types of files that you want to copy.
I am guessing that you have used hypervisors which allow the drag and dropping of files from the host to the guest (that is the VM). To my knowledge, Virt-Manager does not provide this feature.
FYI: I really, really, like Virt-Manager as a GUI, although it provides only basic management of the VMs, it does do a great job and has the features that I require. Once you get to know how Virt-Manager works, I hope you find it extremely useful too.
George.
I always use virt-manager to manage my virtual machines,but when I try to copy file from host to the virtual machine, I find it can't use mouse to drag the file to the virtual machine. It's very inconvenient.
I would like to know if it is because I didn't set it up correctly, or because virt-manager doesn't yet support this feature.
Expecting a reply. Thanks.
