[libvirt] XML files
Derek
lists at stuntkiwi.com
Fri Aug 26 03:19:24 UTC 2011
Thanks Richard,
It was the libvirt version.
Upgraded the package using squeeze-backports in debian and it worked without any changes.
Cheers,
Derek
On 25/08/2011, at 1:41 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 04:02:45PM +1200, Derek wrote:
>> Unfortunately the changes I make for smbios and sysinfo (as below)
>> while editing don't appear to be accepted when saving with 'virsh
>> edit'. After saving I receive "Domain HMC XML configuration
>> edited." but the XML file remains unmodified. I wonder if they are
>> perhaps not supported with virsh edit yet?
>
> This is just a general problem with virsh edit: it doesn't validate
> the XML, and it doesn't offer to re-edit invalid changes. Thus
> whenever you make a mistake in the XML it gets dropped.
>
> For more info and a proposed fix see this thread:
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-August/thread.html#00660
>
> To workaround this, do it the old way:
>
> virsh dumpxml HMC > hmc.xml
> edit hmc.xml
> virsh define hmc.xml
> iterate edit/virsh define steps until you get it right
>
> Which version of libvirt? According to the documentation <sysinfo>
> was added in 0.8.7.
>
> The fragment below looks reasonable, but there could be an XML error
> in the context of the whole XML document.
>
>> <sysinfo type='smbios'>
>> <bios>
>> <entry name='vendor'>xxx xxx</entry>
>> <entry name='version'>xxx</entry>
>> </bios>
>> <system>
>> <entry name='product'>xxx</entry>
>> <entry name='version'>xxx</entry>
>> <entry name='manufacturer'>xxx xxx</entry>
>> </system>
>> </sysinfo>
>> <os>
>> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-0.12'>hvm</type>
>> <boot dev='cdrom'/>
>> <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
>> </os>
>
> Rich.
>
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