[libvirt] [PATCH] virsh: clarify snapshot --live

[Chen Hanxiao]

At 2016-08-05 15:23:52, "Chen Hanxiao" <chen_han_xiao at 126.com> wrote:
>From: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at gmail.com>
>
>In libvirt, snapshot means disk snapshot.
>snapshot --live is more like VM checkpoint.
>Make it clear in virsh.pod.
>
>Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at gmail.com>
>---
> tools/virsh.pod | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
>index fc6a680..30e6bf3 100644
>--- a/tools/virsh.pod
>+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
>@@ -3896,8 +3896,9 @@ this.  If this flag is not specified, then some hypervisors may fail
> after partially performing the action, and B<dumpxml> must be used to
> see whether any partial changes occurred.
> 
>-If I<--live> is specified, libvirt takes the snapshot while the guest is
>-running. This increases the size of the memory image of the external
>+If I<--live> is specified, libvirt takes the snapshot(checkpoint) while
>+the guest is running. Both disk snapshot and VM memory snapshot will be took.
>+This increases the size of the memory image of the external
> checkpoint. This is currently supported only for external checkpoints.
> 
> Existence of snapshot metadata will prevent attempts to B<undefine>
>-- 

ping

Regards,
- Chen