On 08/09/2021 06.22, Leek, Jim wrote: > > 1. Connect to the qemu monitor with telnet from inside the VM. (Therefore skipping the whole ssh remote command thing.) I'd go the other way around, make the guest touch a file somewhere and let the host check if the file is there/has been updated, and based on that, run the savevm process. > 2. Run the VM without virt-manager (perhaps that would be simpler?) > I think you can specify the settings for the VM through virt-manager and then just use virsh to manage it afterwards. Also, check out github for kvm backup scripts, I know there are some that you could use. HTH /tony -- Tony Albers - Systems Architect - Data Department, Royal Danish Library, Victor Albecks Vej 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Tel: +45 2566 2383 - CVR/SE: 2898 8842 - EAN: 5798000792142
