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

Activities

1. Offline Migrate or move a virtual machine between two KVM servers without shared storage: virsh dumpxml and virsh define
2. Create Live backups with active virsh blockcommit

See also

• virsh define
• virsh dominfo
• virsh domrename
• virsh snapshot-create-as
• virsh domblklist
• virtinst

See also

• 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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