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Diffstat (limited to 'libraries/libvirt/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | libraries/libvirt/README | 25 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/libvirt/README b/libraries/libvirt/README index 5904ef144945..dcf8472fc232 100644 --- a/libraries/libvirt/README +++ b/libraries/libvirt/README @@ -28,18 +28,19 @@ and if you want it to stop at shutdown add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt stop fi -The enclosed rc.libvirt script will do a 'managedsave' on all running -and paused guests when issuing 'rc.libvirt stop'. Please note that this -saves the RAM of each guest to the host system's disk (by default under -/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/save) - so make sure enough space is available. If -you prefer to perform a full shutdown on all running guests instead, -issue a 'rc.libvirt guests_shutdown' followed by 'rc.libvirt shutdown'. +The enclosed rc.libvirt script will do a 'managedsave' on all running +and paused guests when issuing 'rc.libvirt stop'. Please note that +this saves the RAM of each guest to the host system's disk (by default +under /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/save) - so make sure enough space is +available. If you prefer to perform a full shutdown on all running +guests instead, issue a 'rc.libvirt guests_shutdown' followed by +'rc.libvirt shutdown'. -By default 'rc.libvirt stop' and 'rc.libvirt guests_shutdown' will wait -a maximum of 5 minutes for all guests to shutdown, after which any -guests still running will be destroyed. Adjust this to a suitable value -for your system, as destroying a running guest carries a high risk of -data loss! +By default 'rc.libvirt stop' and 'rc.libvirt guests_shutdown' will +wait a maximum of 5 minutes for all guests to shutdown, after which +any guests still running will be destroyed. Adjust this to a suitable +value for your system, as destroying a running guest carries a high +risk of data loss! There is also a 'guests_reboot' for rebooting all running guests. @@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ clean state. To do this: "virsh dumpxml $name > ${name}.xml", check all the *dumpxml commands available with "virsh help") - remove libvirt -- delete all the system directories (/var/lib/libvirt, /var/log/libvirt, +- delete all system directories (/var/lib/libvirt, /var/log/libvirt, /etc/libvirt) - install the new libvirt package, logout and login again (might help) and start the daemon |