[et-mgmt-tools] [PATCH] Added a --replace option to virt-image which allows it to replace an existing machine if it is current running or defined

[Cole Robinson]

Bryan Kearney wrote:
> 
> David Lutterkort wrote:
>> On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 12:47 -0400, Bryan M. Kearney @redhat.com wrote:
>>> # HG changeset patch
>>> # User "Bryan M. Kearney <bkearney at redhat.com>"
>>> # Date 1214497967 14400
>>> # Node ID efba908eb79ad0bf2805c27f784de92578207f1b
>>> # Parent  63aca2dbb3154a65505b1ccef080a8887742cef5
>>> Added a --replace option to virt-image which allows it to replace an existing machine if it is current running or defined
>> Couldn't the same be achieved with a small shell script wrapper around
>> the virt-image invocation, something like
>>
>>         virsh list | grep -q $NAME && virsh destroy $NAME
>>         virt-image $IMAGE_XML
>>         
>> It seems that this patch addresses a very specific use case (repeatedly
>> starting a VM based on the same image.xml)
>>
>> Other than that it might be redundant though, the patch looks fine.
>>
> 
> For me, if I have a shutoff machine then 'virsh list' does not return 
> anything, but virt-manager shows me the shutoff machine. In addition, 
> virt-image will fail on an install because of the shutoff machine.
> 

You need to use 'virsh list --all' to see inactive vms. Yeah, it annoys
lots of people :)

- Cole