<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Hello If I'm not terribly mistaken, looks like libvirt 1.2.1 does not provide ability of merging only a subset of the entire chain of backing files. So, if I have a chain like this: root <- a <-b <- c <- d <- active ... and I'd like to obtain a chain like this: root <- c <- d <- active ... looks like it's not supported, since I'm trying the command virsh blockpull domain --path /path/to/c --bandwidth 30 --base /path/to/root (1) ... but it complains because --path /path/to/c is not recognized, since only --path /path/to/active is acceptable: virsh blockpull domain --path /path/to/active --bandwidth 30 --base /path/to/root (2) So, command (1) fails but command (2) succeeds. The point is: How could I obtain the results I'm trying to achieve via command (1) ? I'm new to libvirt, but the article below made me think that what I'm trying to do would be possible: <a href="http://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/virt/lc-2012/snapshots-handout.html">http://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/virt/lc-2012/snapshots-handout.html</a> ( see section on blockpull ) Thoughts? For your information, my environment is: <blockquote>Compiled against library: libvirt 1.2.1 Using library: libvirt 1.2.1 Using API: QEMU 1.2.1 Running hypervisor: QEMU 1.7.0 Running against daemon: 1.2.1 </blockquote> Thanks <div class="moz-signature">-- Richard Gomes <a href="http://rgomes.info">http://rgomes.info</a> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/rgomes">http://www.linkedin.com/in/rgomes</a> mobile: +44(77)9955-6813 <a href="http://www.inum.net/">inum</a>: +883(5100)0800-9804 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sip:rgomes@ippi.fr">sip:rgomes@ippi.fr</a> </div> </body> </html>