<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/4.6.6"> </HEAD> <BODY> Have you tried: virsh define <xml definition file> I thought it odd too that virsh create <xml defintion file> only created a temp instance. But the first command did what I needed with persistence. -----Original Message----- From: Michal Privoznik <<A HREF="mailto:Michal%20Privoznik%20%3cmprivozn@redhat.com%3e">mprivozn@redhat.com</A>> To: Rich Megginson <<A HREF="mailto:Rich%20Megginson%20%3crmeggins@redhat.com%3e">rmeggins@redhat.com</A>>, libvirt-users@redhat.com <<A HREF="mailto:%22libvirt-users@redhat.com%22%20%3clibvirt-users@redhat.com%3e">libvirt-users@redhat.com</A>> Cc: Pavel Hrdina <<A HREF="mailto:Pavel%20Hrdina%20%3cphrdina@redhat.com%3e">phrdina@redhat.com</A>> Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] vms not persistent after upgrading to f22? Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:40:13 +0200 <PRE> On 27.08.2015 20:28, Rich Megginson wrote: > With f21 and earlier, I could just call virt-install to create VMs, and > they would persist after reboot. > After upgrading to f22, when I shut off a VM, it is removed, and has to > be recreated. > How can I get VMs to persist? Is there a virsh create or virt-install > switch to do this? Sounds like a virt-install bug to me. Consider posting it to <A HREF="mailto:virt-tools-list@redhat.com">virt-tools-list@redhat.com</A>. Or maybe Pavel [CC'ed] has some thoughts on this. Michal _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list <A HREF="mailto:libvirt-users@redhat.com">libvirt-users@redhat.com</A> <A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users</A> </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>