[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#502117: Bug#502117: libvirt-bin: Doesn't create /etc/xen/vm_name after installing a new domU

[André Luís Lopes]

Hello Guido,

Guido Günther escreveu:
> severity 502117 wishlist
> 
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 02:39:18PM -0300, André Luís Lopes wrote:
> [..snip..]
>>    There is, however, a file under /var/lib/xend/domains/<dom_id> called
>> config.sxp, which seems to have the guest's config but which is not
>> using the same syntax accepted by Xen's xm command.
> I assume "virsh --all" shows the machine fine as shutoff and you can
> start it with "virsh start <dom>"?

   Oh, I didn't knew it was possible to do that using virsh :-) Thanks
for pointing me it out.

   Using virsh, I can "virsh start" this machine fine. But it won't show
up as "shutoff" when using "virsh list" (virsh says that there's no
--all or -all switch) after a shutdown.

   When shutdown, using "init 0" from inside the guest itself, "virsh
list" will show only the dom0 running and no additional guest at all are
listed.

>>    I'm attaching the /var/lib/xend/domains/<dom_id>/config.sxp file for
>> reference. Let me know if you need any other file.
> That's perfectly fine. Libvirt (or Xen actually) puts them there (at
> least it did when I last used Xen).

   Ok, fine.

   Regarding the /etc/xen/<vm_name> creation, is this now the default
behaviour ? I mean, previously  these files were being created.

   At least in both Etch's Xen and CentOS's Xen these files are created
and every single documentation about Xen found on Google (even on Xen's
own documentation) gives advice on using the "xm" subcommands to manage
virtual machines.

   When no /etc/xen/<vm_name> files are created, there's no way one
could use these subcommands so I think Debian would be completely
different from every other Xen installations in that aspect.

Regards,

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André Luís Lopes
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