[Libvir] FW: [et-mgmt-tools] Release 0.200.0 of virtinst

[Michael DeHaan]

Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> FYI a new libvirt based tool for cloning VMs...
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange at redhat.com> -----
>
>   
>> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:16:56 +0100
>> From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange at redhat.com>
>> To: et-mgmt-tools at redhat.com
>> Subject: [et-mgmt-tools] Release 0.200.0 of virtinst
>>
>> I'm happy to announce the release of virtinst version 0.200.0
>>
>> This release introduces the virt-clone tool which provides the ability 
>> to clone an existing inactive guest. The disk images will be copied, 
>> new MAC address, UUID and name will be given to the guest. Documentation 
>> is improved with the addition of manual pages for both virt-install and 
>> virt-clone. Validation of input parameters has been further enhanced, 
>> and re-factored to allow sharing with virt-manager. The virt-install 
>> tool can be used to boot live CD images, with or without underlying 
>> storage.
>>
>> It is available for download from the usual place:
>>
>>   http://virt-manager.org/download.html
>>
>> Or directly:
>>
>>   http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virtinst/virtinst-0.200.0.tar.gz
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who has participated in development & testing of the
>> code in this new release!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dan.
>>     
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> Dan.
>   

FYI -- I've noticed that set_extra_args() for the Guest class (Guest.py) 
has changed to set_extraargs(), which will some things
that want to set kernel arguments.

--Michael