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↑ 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
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== Activities == | == Activities == | ||
# [[Offline Migrate or move a virtual machine between two KVM servers without shared storage]]<ref>https://serverfault.com/questions/434064/correct-way-to-move-kvm-vm</ref>: <code>[[virsh dumpxml]]</code> and <code>[[virsh define]]</code> | # [[Offline Migrate or move a virtual machine between two KVM servers without shared storage]]<ref>https://serverfault.com/questions/434064/correct-way-to-move-kvm-vm</ref>: <code>[[virsh dumpxml]]</code> and <code>[[virsh define]]</code> | ||
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# [[Create Live backups]] with active [[virsh blockcommit]]<ref>https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit</ref> | # [[Create Live backups]] with active [[virsh blockcommit]]<ref>https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit</ref> | ||
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| + | # Dump config for all running machines: | ||
| + | <code>for NAME in `virsh list --name`; do virsh [[dumpxml]] $NAME > $NAME.xml; done</code> | ||
== Related commands == | == Related commands == | ||
Revision as of 07:42, 20 January 2020
virsh dumpxml[1] {guest-id, VM_MACHINE_NAME or uuid} [--inactive] [--security-info] [--update-cpu] [--migratable] [2]
--migratablewith --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[3]
virsh dumpxml MACHINE_NAME > /path/to/savefile.xml
Activities
- Offline Migrate or move a virtual machine between two KVM servers without shared storage[4]:
virsh dumpxmlandvirsh define
- Create Live backups with active virsh blockcommit[5]
- Dump config for all running machines:
for NAME in `virsh list --name`; do virsh dumpxml $NAME > $NAME.xml; done
Related commands
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
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