Virsh domrename

virsh domrename since release 1.2.19: Sep 02 2015

Rename a domain. This command changes current domain name to the new name specified in the second argument. Note: Domain must be inactive and without snapshots or checkpoints. Disk are not renamed.

virsh domrename ORIGINAL_NAME NEW_NAME
Domain successfully renamed

virsh domrename ORIGINAL_NAME NEW_NAME
error: Requested operation is not valid: cannot rename active domain

Solution, stop VM: virsh shutdown ORIGINAL_NAME

Related terms

• virt-clone

See also

• virsh: Storage information, Connecting, Operations, Memory, Snapshots, Networking, CPU, release notes, virsh nodedev-list
• 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