Ok thanks. What is the alternate method to achieve this? Use Qemu Manager or Virtmanager?
Sandeep. On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 09:11:41PM +0530, Sandeep Raman wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I get the following message on virt-edit Guestname /boot/grub/grub.conf. > > I have executed the command. > > guestmount –ro -a /var/lib/nova/instances/instance-00000001/disk -m > > /dev/sda1 /mnt > > guestmount -d instance-00000001 -i –ro /mnt > > > > root@compute:~# virt-edit instance-00000001 /boot/grub/grub.conf > > libguestfs: error: error: domain is a live virtual machine. > > Writing to the disks of a running virtual machine can cause disk > corruption. > > Either use read-only access, or if the guest is running the guestfsd > daemon > > specify live access. In most libguestfs tools these options are –ro or > > –live respectively. Consult the documentation for further information. > > root@compute:~# > > > > Please help how to get past this. > > As the error says, this can't be done. You can't use virt-edit on > live virtual machines. > > Rich. > > -- > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones > virt-p2v <http://people.redhat.com/~rjonesvirt-p2v> converts physical > machines to virtual machines. Boot with a > live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into KVM guests. > http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v > > _______________________________________________ > Libguestfs mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
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