[et-mgmt-tools] Where is the Configuration File?

Steve Brueckner steve at atc-nycorp.com
Thu Jun 28 21:00:53 UTC 2007


Hugh Brock wrote:
> 
> With xen 3.1, config information for guests is no longer in /etc/xen,
> nor is it modifiable by editing a config file. XenSource decided it
> was better to hide the config information.  
> 
> Virt-manager gets information about active and inactive guests by
> querying libvirt for them. libvirt then turns around and asks xend,
> or whatever hypervisor you are using, for the information and returns
> it. for You can do the same thing from the command line with "virsh
> dumpxml <guest>".   
> 
> --Hugh

What is the new "Xen way" of creating VMs?  That is, without using 
virt-manager, how do they recommend users do things?  Their user
manual is still stuck at version 3.0.

Steve Brueckner, ATC-NY




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