Re: [libvirt] Proposed functionality: API to extract host description from saved state, restore with modified XML

2008-08-27 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 11:17:50PM -0500, Charles Duffy wrote: > I'm looking for the ability to restore a snapshot saved with > domain.save(), with disk images pointing at a different location (in my > particular use case, pointing at a an empty copy-and-write image > backending into a snapshot

Re: [libvirt] Proposed functionality: API to extract host description from saved state, restore with modified XML

2008-08-27 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 11:17:50PM -0500, Charles Duffy wrote: > Would a patch adding API calls to > - return the XML description of a saved host, given the name > - restore a saved host with a different description > be considered welcome? As I understand it, yes & yes. > I presume that to mai

[libvirt] Proposed functionality: API to extract host description from saved state, restore with modified XML

2008-08-24 Thread Charles Duffy
Per subject. Obviously only for use by folks who *really* know what they're doing. :) I'm looking for the ability to restore a snapshot saved with domain.save(), with disk images pointing at a different location (in my particular use case, pointing at a an empty copy-and-write image backendin