Virsh blockjob

virsh blockjob VM_NAME path { [--abort] [--async] [--pivot] | [--info] [--raw] [--bytes] | [bandwidth] }

• virsh blockjob VM_NAME hda (Default to info if not option is provided)
• virsh blockjob VM_NAME hda --info
• virsh blockjob VM_NAME hda --abort

virsh blockjob VM_NAME hda --info
error: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock (held by remoteDispatchDomainBlockJobAbort)
Check your journalctl

virsh blockjob VM_NAME hda --info
No current block job for hda

virsh blockjob VM_NAME /source/paht/to/file --info
No current block job for /source/paht/to/file

virsh blockjob VM_NAME hdc
Active Block Commit: [100 %]

Check your journalctl

Activities

1. Create a KVM Live backup using virsh snapshot-create-as and virsh blockcommit

Related commands

• virsh domblklist VM_NAME

See also

• libvirtd: systemctl status libvirtd, systemctl status libvirt-guests, Libvirt release notes, logs, libvirtd.conf, /etc/libvirt/, /var/log/libvirt/
• virsh blockcopy, virsh blockjob, virsh blockcommit, virsh domblklist, virsh blockresize, virsh blockpull
• Virsh Snapshots: virsh snapshot-create-as, virsh snapshot-info, virsh snapshot-list, virsh blockjob, virsh snapshot-revert (Destructive action), virsh snapshot-delete
• virsh shutdown or virsh destroy

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