How to save/export a VM? -

[poma]

On 25.07.2014 17:31, poma wrote:
> On 25.07.2014 16:59, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>
>> On 07/25/14 10:52, poma wrote:
>>> On 25.07.2014 16:35, Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote:
>>>> If it is a kvm vm and you are using cow file as the disks back-end,
>>>> you can
>>>> just copy the files to the new machine,
>>>> and copy the machine xml from /etc/libvirt/qemu/vm.xml to the new
>>>> machine
>>>> and use `virsh define vm.xml` to recreate it
>>>
>>> OK, 'QEMU *QCOW* Image' files.
>>> And what about 'QEMU *QED* Image' files?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *-- Rabin*
>>>
>>> libvirt fan club
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I am being overwhelmed with new terms, e.g. 'QEMU *QCOW.*
>>
>> All I really want is the name of a file I can save, or is that not possible?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Virtualization_Deployment_and_Administration_Guide/sect-KVM_live_migration-Migrating_with_virt_manager.html
> 19.5. Migrating with virt-manager
>
> Unable to migrate guest: unsupported configuration: Domain requires KVM, but it is not available. Check that virtualization is enabled in the host BIOS, and host configuration is setup to load the kvm modules. :)
>
>
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>
>

BTW Bob, what are this "save" & "export"? :)
'Clone' or/and 'Migrate' in libvirt terminology?


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