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Sfiggins: /* Installation */

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Installation

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Suspend / Restore Commands

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Suspend / Restore Commands

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Moving a guest to a new machine

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Suspend / Restore Commands

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Creation / Deletion Commands

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 == Installation ==
   virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n windows-vm1 -r 16384 --vcpus=4 \
      --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/windows-vm1.img,size=150,format=qcow2 \
-     --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole --os-type=windows \
+     --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0,passwd=protectme --noautoconsole \
-    --os-variant=win7 --accelerate --network=bridge:virbr0 --hvm \
+    --os-type=windows --os-variant=win7 --accelerate --network=bridge:virbr0 \
-    --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/GRMCPRXVOL_EN_DVD.iso --boot cdrom,hd
+    --hvm --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/GRMCPRXVOL_EN_DVD.iso --boot cdrom,hd
 == Creation / Deletion Commands ==

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   # virsh restore /path/to/target-vm.vmsav
-== Warm Migration ==
+== Warm Migration Procedure ==
 Moving from source to destination, where the hard drive is not on shared storage is pretty easy, but requires a few steps.

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   # virsh restore /path/to/target-vm.vmsav
-== Moving a guest to a new machine ==
+== Warm Migration ==
 Moving from source to destination, where the hard drive is not on shared storage is pretty easy, but requires a few steps.

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      start                          start a (previously defined) inactive domain
      undefine                       undefine a domain
 == Suspend / Restore Commands ==
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 </pre>

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      suspend                        suspend a domain
-  virsh suspend target-vm
+  # virsh suspend target-vm
 === Resume ===
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      resume                         resume a domain
-  virsh resume target-vm
+  # virsh resume target-vm
 === Save ===
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      save                           save a domain state to a file
-  virsh save /path/to/target-vm.vmsav
+  # virsh save /path/to/target-vm.vmsav
 === Restore ===
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      restore                        restore a domain from a saved state in a file
-  virsh restore /path/to/target-vm.vmsav
+  # virsh restore /path/to/target-vm.vmsav
 == Moving a guest to a new machine ==

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 == Moving a guest to a new machine ==
 <pre>
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 [root@centos-vm2 ~]#  scp /var/lib/libvirt/images/sfiggins-windows-vm.img root@centos-vm1://var/lib/libvirt/images
 </pre>
 <pre>

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   virsh suspend domain
-=== Restore ===
+=== Resume ===
   virsh resume domain
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      save-image-dumpxml             saved state domain information in XML
      save-image-edit                edit XML for a domain's saved state file

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		+	== Installation ==
		+
		+	virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n windows-vm1 -r 16384 --vcpus=4 \
		+	--disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/windows-vm1.img,size=150,format=qcow2 \
		+	--graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole --os-type=windows \
		+	--os-variant=win7 --accelerate --network=bridge:virbr0 --hvm \
		+	--cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/GRMCPRXVOL_EN_DVD.iso --boot cdrom,hd
		+
		+
	== Creation / Deletion Commands ==		== Creation / Deletion Commands ==
		+
		+	create create a domain from an XML file
		+	define define (but don't start) a domain from an XML file
		+	destroy destroy (stop) a domain
		+	dumpxml domain information in XML
		+	shutdown gracefully shutdown a domain
		+	start start a (previously defined) inactive domain
		+	undefine undefine a domain

	== Migration Commands ==		== Migration Commands ==