does the guest have a snapshot ?

[Peter Krempa]

On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 18:29:59 +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
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> ----- On Feb 7, 2020, at 3:43 PM, Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com wrote:
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> > On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 15:25:22 +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote:

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> Am i missing something ? Is there an error or is my libvirt version to old ?
> If yes, would it be successfull to copy the files to a host with more recent libvirt, define it and then blockcommit ?
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> I have libvirt 1.2.5-15.3 (host is SLES 11 SP4).

Ah, this is probably too old. Well another option is to use:

virsh blockpull VM vda

This pulls in everything from the backing file into the overlay. This
usually means more data transferred, but worked for longer time. The VM
will then use the topmost image rather than the base.