Me too - Re: [Fedora-xen] dissapearing guests

[Rodger Haynes]

Thanks - that works great!

Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 08:54:27AM -0500, Rodger Haynes wrote:
>   
>> I am experiencing the same problem on a new Dell Optiplex GX520. I'm new 
>> at this as well.
>>
>> Paul O'rorke wrote:
>>     
>>> maybe I've missed something but if I reboot or shutdown a guest domain 
>>> I can't start it again.  xm --list doesn't show the domain.  From the 
>>> Virtual Machine Manager (FC6) if I go :  File --> Restore saved 
>>> machine  (Restore a saved machine from a filesystem image) and pint to 
>>> /vm/webserver I get a dialogue box stating:
>>>
>>>    *Error restoring domain '/vm/webserver'.  Is the domain already
>>>    running?*
>>>
>>>
>>> Similary if I try to restore from the disk file with xm restore I get 
>>> the following:
>>>
>>>    *# xm restore /vm/webserver*
>>>    *Error: Restore failed*
>>>    *Usage: xm restore <CheckpointFile>*
>>>
>>>    *Restore a domain from a saved state.*
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm guessing that the disk file is not the correct file to restore 
>>>       
>> >from   -  <CheckpointFile>?? but I can't find anywhere documentation 
>>     
>>> on how to open these machines. 
>>>       
>
> No, the 'restore' functionality is for re-activating a suspended VM
> that has previously been saved out to disk with 'save'. Think of it
> as equivalent of 'hibernate to disk' on your laptop.
>
> If you shutdown/reboot the domain then 'restore' is not what you want
> instead you want 'create' which is equivalent of cold boot on a laptop.
> eg, 'xm create <name>'. 
>
> Unfortunately once you shutdown a domain, XenD looses all knowledge of
> it - that's why 'xm list' didn't show it, and virt-manager can't see
> it. Rest assured the domain is stilon disk - the config file is kept
> in /etc/xen. If you use 'xm create' then it loads the config file into
> XenD and boots the domain.
>
> We're actively working on getting support for inactivate domains into
> virt-manager which will help resolve the confusion in this area.
>
> Regards,
> Dan.
>   

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