How to save/export a VM? -

[poma]

On 25.07.2014 17:47, poma wrote:
> 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. :)
>>
>>
>> kvm fan club
>>
>>
>
> BTW Bob, what are this "save" & "export"? :)
> 'Clone' or/and 'Migrate' in libvirt terminology?
>
>
> bios fan club
>
>

And the rest of the well made "virt" docs is here,
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/#_Virtualization
Good luck with the libvirt. ;)


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