On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Chris Lalancette <clala...@redhat.com> wrote: > James Brackinshaw wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a directory /mnt/shared-storage where the disk files for kvm >> live. Live migration works well, but I have a problem: after a >> migration I see two guests, one on the original host "shutoff" and one >> on the new host "running". >> >> I'd like to see the guest only on the host it is running on. >> >> Would it be safe/recommended to put the /etc/libvirt/qemu directory on >> shared storage? What would the best way of doing this be? >> Is this lock safe? > > No, this is not safe, and won't do what you expect either. This will almost > certainly corrupt your guest config files. > > Currently, the migration code assumes that you want to leave the migrated > guest > defined but not running on the "source" of the migration, and that you want to > leave it running but not defined (transient) on the "destination" of the > migration. > > I have some upcoming patches to the migration code that allow you to tweak the > behavior. That is, they allow you to undefine the guest on the source if you > wish, and/or permanently define the guest on the destination if you wish.
This sounds excellent, just what I need. Looking forward to it. -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list