Virsh dumpxml

virsh dumpxml {guest-id, VM_MACHINE_NAME or uuid} [--inactive] [--security-info] [--update-cpu] [--migratable]

--migratable with --migratable one can request an XML that is suitable for migrations, i.e., compatible with older libvirt releases and possibly amended with internal run-time options. This option may automatically enable other options (--update-cpu, --security-info, ...) as necessary

virsh dumpxml MACHINE_NAME > /path/to/savefile.xml

Activities

1. Offline Migrate or move a virtual machine between two KVM servers without shared storage: virsh dumpxml and virsh define

1. Create Live backups with active virsh blockcommit

1. Dump config for all running machines: for NAME in `virsh list --name`; do virsh dumpxml $NAME > $NAME.xml; done

Related commands

• virsh define YOU_VM_NAME.xml
• virsh dominfo
• virsh domrename
• virsh snapshot-create-as
• virsh domblklist VM_NAME
• virtinst package

See also

• libguestfs-tools: virt-sysprep, virt-clone, virt-builder, virt-customize, virt-resize, virt-rescue, virt-sparsify, guestmount, guestfish, virt-inspector, virt-cat, virt-log, virt-df, virt-ls, virt-filesystems, virt-list-filesystems, virt-edit
• KVM, Installation, QEMU, virsh, virtinst, libguestfs-tools, libvirt, qemu, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), MacVTap, Virtio, oVirt, KVM services, KVM networking, KVM graphics, CPU, KVM on ARM

https://libvirt.org/sources/virshcmdref/html-single/#sect-dumpxml

https://linux.die.net/man/1/virsh

https://linux.die.net/man/1/virsh

https://serverfault.com/questions/434064/correct-way-to-move-kvm-vm

https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit