[libvirt] trying to 'destroy' a domain with Python bindings...

[Michael March]

>> When I do this:
>>
>>    conn.lookupByName('myDomU').destroy()
>>
>> ... I get this:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "test.py", line 30, in ?
>>    print conn.lookupByName('myDomU').destroy()
>>  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 238, in destroy
>>    if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainDestroy() failed', dom=self)
>> libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainDestroy() failed
>>
>>
>> What am I missing here? Destroy should do the equivalent of 'Delete' on 
>> virt-manager, correct?
>>     
>
>   No Destroy means kill a running domain, it's probably not running, hence
> the error. Delete means undefining a domain see
>   http://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt.html#virDomainUndefine
>
>   domain.undefine() 
>     """undefine a domain but does not stop it if it is running """
>
> I think it's available in RHEL 5 update 2.
>
> Daniel
>   
That was it.. awesome!