[et-mgmt-tools] Importing kvm vm

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 03:44:18PM -0400, David H. Vree wrote:
> I am have a few kvm virtual machines that I have been running natively 
> with kvm using commands like the following:
> 
> kvm -hda mywinxp.qcow2 -m 2G -smp 2 -k en-us -name "My WinXP" -vga std 
> -net nic -net user -soundhw all -cpu qemu64
> 
> It doesn't appear that I can put this under libvirt control via 
> virt-manager.  Do I need to use virt-install from the command line or 
> can I just hand write the XML and put it in /etc/libvirt/qemu?

Try this for a starting point


<domain type='kvm'>
  <name>My WinXP</name>
  <memory>2048000</memory>
  <currentMemory>2048000</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>2</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch='i686'>hvm</type>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <source file='/some/path/to/mywinxp.qcow2'/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
    </disk>
    <interface type='user'>
      <mac address='00:00:00:00:00:00'/>
    </interface>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='sdl'/>
  </devices>
</domain>


Fill in a random mac address there & fix the disk path.... You'll
probably want type=vnc for the graphics instead of sdl

Daniel
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