[libvirt-users] XML file format for snapshot-create

[Trey Dockendorf]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 10/12/2011 11:30 AM, Trey Dockendorf wrote:
>
>> I've created a very basic snapshot XML file, to allow for a description of
>> the snapshot.  However when running the virsh command, it doesn't like the
>> formatting.
>>
>> # virsh snapshot-create proxy_0 /vmstore/proxy_0/proxy_0_ss.**xml
>> error: XML description for failed to parse snapshot xml document is not
>> well
>> formed or invalid
>>
>
> That's because:
>
>
>
>>
>> This are the XML file contents...
>>
>> # cat proxy_0_ss.xml
>> <domainsnapshot>
>>   <name></name>
>>
>
> If <name> is present, it must not be empty.
>
>
>    <description>Before updating to CR repo</desciption>
>> </domainsnapshot>
>>
>
> If you want libvirt to generate the name for you, then omit <name>;
> otherwise, provide a non-empty name alongside your description.
>
>
>
>> I'm running libvirt-0.8.7 on CentOS 6 x86_64.  I can take snapshots just
>> fine without defining the XML file, but I'd like to be able to add a
>> description.
>>
>
> Newer libvirt also has:
>
> virsh snapshot-create-as --description 'Before updating to CR repo' proxy_0
>
> which creates the XML for you, and thus is a bit easier to use.  Alas, that
> would mean you'd have to upgrade.
>
> --
> Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
>

Thanks for the response.  Unfortunately I still receive the exact same error
with only this as the contents...

<domainsnapshot>
  <description>Before updating to CR repo</desciption>
</domainsnapshot>

I also tried filling in a name, and still the same error.

Thanks
- Trey
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