[et-mgmt-tools] Importing kvm vm
Cole Robinson
crobinso at redhat.com
Thu May 28 13:56:49 UTC 2009
David H. Vree wrote:
>> Try this for a starting point
>>
>>
>> <domain type='kvm'>
>> <name>My WinXP</name>
>> <memory>2048000</memory>
>> <currentMemory>2048000</currentMemory>
>> <vcpu>2</vcpu>
>> <os>
>> <type arch='i686'>hvm</type>
>> </os>
>> <features>
>> <acpi/>
>> <pae/>
>> </features>
>> <clock offset='utc'/>
>> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
>> <devices>
>> <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
>> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>> <source file='/some/path/to/mywinxp.qcow2'/>
>> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
>> </disk>
>> <interface type='user'>
>> <mac address='00:00:00:00:00:00'/>
>> </interface>
>> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>> <graphics type='sdl'/>
>> </devices>
>> </domain>
>>
> Thanks a lot, that worked. For what it is worth I tried a couple
> different versions of virt-install and they didn't work for different
> reasons that have already been reported. It would be awesome if
> virt-manager could provide and "import" capability someday. Keep up the
> good work.
>
An easier way to import VMs via virt-manager is on our roadmap.
FYI, this could have been done fairly easily via latest virt-install
(0.400.3) as well, via the --import option:
virt-install --name MyWinXP --ram 2048 --vcpus 2 --accelerate --network
user --sound --sdl --import --disk path=mywinxp.qcow2
- Cole
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