[libvirt-users] "virsh define" modify xml configuration file

[d tbsky]

2017-10-19 9:48 GMT+08:00 Laine Stump <laine at laine.org>:
> On 10/18/2017 06:59 AM, d tbsky wrote:
>> hi:
>>    I upgrade my system from rhel 7.3 to 7.4. so libvirt upgrade to 3.2.
>>
>>    I found command "virsh define vm.xml" sometimes  modify "vm.xml".
>
> That command would only modify the file "vm.xml" if it was located in
> /etc/libvirt/qemu (or /etc/libvirt/lxc, or whatever was appropriate for
> the domain type) *and* the domain's <name> happened to be "vm". If
> that's what's happening, this email should be your warning to never
> directly modify or access the files in /etc/libvirt; they are files used
> internally by libvirt, and modifying them can lead to "unexpected" results.

  got it. thanks a lot for the hint!

Regards,
tbskyd