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@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ installed versions of libvirt before this will build.
Note also that sometimes, in consequence of a major-version upgrade,
you might discover that the libvirt configuration is in an inconsistent
-state (machine networking broken and so on) and when this happens you
-might want to consider starting from a clean state. To do this:
+state (machine networking broken and so on) and when this happens and a
+simple reboot won't solve you might want to consider starting from a
+clean state. To do this:
- backup the existing vms files and their configurations too (with
- "virsh dumpxml $name > ${name}.xml)
+ "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,
/etc/libvirt)