[libvirt-users] Ubuntu 14.04 virsh 1.2.2 blockcommit hangs at 100% / command 'blockcommit' doesn't support option --pivot

[Liam Curtis]

Many Many Thanks, Dominique!!! Will give it a try!



On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Dominique Ramaekers <
dominique.ramaekers at cometal.be> wrote:

> Dear Liam,
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> You need to upgrade to the latest LTS version of Ubuntu (16.04).
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> I refer to my message to this mailing list on 17/03/2016:
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> Hi everybody,
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> Following this user mailing list over a period of time, I saw a few
> messages regarding not being able using the external snapshot feature.
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> I refer to this procedure:
> http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit
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> I would like to mention this hoping it will help those users:
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> Using external snapshots works perfect again in qemu 2.5.0 together with
> this patch https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300209
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> Full version list on which I did my testing:
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> Compiled against library: libvirt 1.3.1
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> Using library: libvirt 1.3.1
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> Gebruikte API: QEMU 1.3.1
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> Draaiende hypervisor: QEMU 2.5.0
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> Greetings,
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> Dominique.
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> *Van:* libvirt-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> libvirt-users-bounces at redhat.com] *Namens *Liam Curtis
> *Verzonden:* dinsdag 3 mei 2016 17:00
> *Aan:* libvirt-users at redhat.com
> *Onderwerp:* [libvirt-users] Ubuntu 14.04 virsh 1.2.2 blockcommit hangs
> at 100% / command 'blockcommit' doesn't support option --pivot
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> Hello All,
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> I think I have seen this in previous bugs. Trying to live backup qcow2
> images. I am able to virsh snapshot-create-as and virsh domblklist shows
> correct new source, but I am unable to commit back changes to qcow base. I
> get the above error.
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> Libvirt at 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.17
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> Qemu is (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22)
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> I tried compiling latest libvirt, but cannot get it to connect to socket
> on installed binaries
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> Anyone get this working on Ubuntu 14.04?
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