Virsh dumpxml
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
virsh dumpxml —migrateable 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
virsh define YOU_VM_NAME.xmlvirsh dominfovirsh domrenamevirsh snapshot-create-asvirsh domblklist VM_NAMEvirtinstpackage
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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