[libvirt-users] Transient VM Usage

[Mcburn]

Hey at all,

thank you very much Michal Privoznik, Eric Blake and Michal Privoznik
for the fast answer :) and your opinion.

I try out the snapshot method over the weekend.

So have a nice Weekend :)

On 11.09.2015 16:36, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 04:03:20PM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> On 11.09.2015 11:34, Mcburn wrote:
>>> Hey at all,
>>>
>>> my Name is Jens-Uwe Sperling. Iám a young student in computer science.
>>> I want install a VM for testing at home.
>>>
>>> i had install a VM with virt-install and the default parameters. (Number
>>> cpu, mem etc.)
>>>
>>> After that i install my OS and configure it.
>>>
>>> Now i want work on this image in a transient way.
>>> So i can use the OS with the given config but every change i do from now
>>> should not change my image.
>>>
>>> I found three ways to do that:
>>>
>>>   -  Make a snapshot from my image and kill the snapshot after using.
>> Yes, this will work perfectly.
>>
>>>   -  Using the transient option in the xml file under disk.
>> Wow, I didn't even know we have such element.
> Don't expect it to actually work with QEMU though :-)
>
>     if (disk->transient) {
>         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
>                        _("transient disks not supported yet"));
>         goto error;
>     }
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Daniel