On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 10/12/2011 11:30 AM, Trey Dockendorf wrote: > >> I've created a very basic snapshot XML file, to allow for a description of >> the snapshot. However when running the virsh command, it doesn't like the >> formatting. >> >> # virsh snapshot-create proxy_0 /vmstore/proxy_0/proxy_0_ss.**xml >> error: XML description for failed to parse snapshot xml document is not >> well >> formed or invalid >> > > That's because: > > > >> >> This are the XML file contents... >> >> # cat proxy_0_ss.xml >> <domainsnapshot> >> <name></name> >> > > If <name> is present, it must not be empty. > > > <description>Before updating to CR repo</desciption> >> </domainsnapshot> >> > > If you want libvirt to generate the name for you, then omit <name>; > otherwise, provide a non-empty name alongside your description. > > > >> I'm running libvirt-0.8.7 on CentOS 6 x86_64. I can take snapshots just >> fine without defining the XML file, but I'd like to be able to add a >> description. >> > > Newer libvirt also has: > > virsh snapshot-create-as --description 'Before updating to CR repo' proxy_0 > > which creates the XML for you, and thus is a bit easier to use. Alas, that > would mean you'd have to upgrade. > > -- > Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I still receive the exact same error with only this as the contents... <domainsnapshot> <description>Before updating to CR repo</desciption> </domainsnapshot> I also tried filling in a name, and still the same error. Thanks - Trey
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