[libvirt] autostarting xend domains

[Cole Robinson]

Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found that support for setting autostart parameters for xend managed 
> guests has been added to libvirt
> (https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-May/msg00060.html)
> 
> So I tried that but failed with virsh's autostart command (and also 
> virt-manager) like this:
> 
> virsh # autostart saruman
> libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error 
> creating domain: VM name 'saruman' already exists as domain 32")
> libvir: Xen Daemon error : failed Xen syscall Failed to redefine sexpr 
> 6508560
> error: Failed to mark domain saruman as autostarted
> 
> 
> So yes, the domain is indeed running but I understood it should be 
> changeable during a domain's lifetime.
> 
> Any ideas?
> That is a libvirt CVS snapshot from yesterday and a Xen 3.1 installation.
> 
> Thanks,
>   Wolfgang

Hmm, I thought redefining the sexpr in place was an a-okay thing to do,
and this worked on my f8 machine. I'll look into this.

Thanks,
Cole