[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

[Bryan Kearney]

Cole Robinson wrote:
> 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
> 

I still want the tool to do it for me :)

-- bk