Re: [libvirt-users] Possible to edit/apply nwfilter at runtime?

2018-02-16 Thread Laine Stump
On 02/16/2018 01:44 PM, Andre Goree wrote: > On 2018/02/16 12:12 pm, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:59:42AM -0500, Andre Goree wrote: >>> I'm trying to determine if it's possible to edit/attach/apply >>> nwfilter rules >>> at runtime?  I.e., after a VM is already running,

[libvirt-users] what is the practical limit on snapshot generations?

2018-02-16 Thread W Kern
I've googled around on this and haven't found much so I'll ask here. I have a client who routinely does live snapshots on snapshot on snapshot ( just keep going recursively) I've told him to roll them up once in a while, but he feels its unnecessary and only plans a rollup during a major

Re: [libvirt-users] Possible to edit/apply nwfilter at runtime?

2018-02-16 Thread Andre Goree
On 2018/02/16 12:12 pm, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:59:42AM -0500, Andre Goree wrote: I'm trying to determine if it's possible to edit/attach/apply nwfilter rules at runtime? I.e., after a VM is already running, can I apply a nwfilter to the VM and have it work

Re: [libvirt-users] How to use rtc_timeoffset (XL toolkit option) in Libvirt and Xen/libxl hypervisor?

2018-02-16 Thread Jim Fehlig
On 02/16/2018 08:37 AM, Volo M. wrote: Hello techs, We used XL toolkit for Xen hypervisor for starting Windows hvm VMs and the option rtc_timeoffset worked perfectly with XL. It helped us to set correct Timezone time/offset for Windows HVM VMs from inside virtual_machine xen config. For

Re: [libvirt-users] Possible to edit/apply nwfilter at runtime?

2018-02-16 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:59:42AM -0500, Andre Goree wrote: > I'm trying to determine if it's possible to edit/attach/apply nwfilter rules > at runtime? I.e., after a VM is already running, can I apply a nwfilter to > the VM and have it work without rebooting the machine? Thus far, I've not >

[libvirt-users] Possible to edit/apply nwfilter at runtime?

2018-02-16 Thread Andre Goree
I'm trying to determine if it's possible to edit/attach/apply nwfilter rules at runtime? I.e., after a VM is already running, can I apply a nwfilter to the VM and have it work without rebooting the machine? Thus far, I've not come across a way to do so, but I thought I'd ask here before I

Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot of a raw file - how to revert ?

2018-02-16 Thread Kashyap Chamarthy
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 04:37:38PM +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote: [...] > Hi, > > again thanks for your quick answer. I had a look on > https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit > and i liked it. I'm thinking of upgrading my systems to SLES 12 SP3. > With that i have

Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot of a raw file - how to revert ?

2018-02-16 Thread Lentes, Bernd
- On Feb 16, 2018, at 3:01 PM, Kashyap Chamarthy kcham...@redhat.com wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 01:59:01PM +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote: > > [...] > >> Hi Kashyap, >> >> thanks for your quick and detailed answers. Just to be complete. >> The procedure in the above mentioned link does

[libvirt-users] How to use rtc_timeoffset (XL toolkit option) in Libvirt and Xen/libxl hypervisor?

2018-02-16 Thread Volo M.
Hello techs, We used XL toolkit for Xen hypervisor for starting Windows hvm VMs and the option rtc_timeoffset worked perfectly with XL. It helped us to set correct Timezone time/offset for Windows HVM VMs from inside virtual_machine xen config. For example: Below option WORKS perfectly with XL

Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot of a raw file - how to revert ?

2018-02-16 Thread Kashyap Chamarthy
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 01:59:01PM +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote: [...] > Hi Kashyap, > > thanks for your quick and detailed answers. Just to be complete. > The procedure in the above mentioned link does work with my old software ? It _should_ work; but please try on a test VM and see what works

Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot of a raw file - how to revert ?

2018-02-16 Thread Lentes, Bernd
- On Feb 15, 2018, at 12:53 PM, Kashyap Chamarthy kcham...@redhat.com wrote: > On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 11:41:37AM +0100, Lentes, Bernd wrote: > > [...] > >> Hi, >> >> i found that: >> https://dustymabe.com/2015/01/11/qemu-img-backing-files-a-poor-mans-snapshotrollback/ >> >> I tried it