Re: [qubes-users] How to recover VMs copied before reinstall?

2017-09-27 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar 

On 09/26/2017 09:36 AM, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote:

On September 26, 2017 9:20:57 AM MDT, 'One7two99' via qubes-users 
<qubes-users@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hello Ron,


 Original Message 
Subject: Re: [qubes-users] How to recover VMs copied before

reinstall?

Local Time: 26 September 2017 4:58 PM
From: ro...@shaw.ca

[...] I want to access my existing ones from the previous install,

not create new ones. I put a lot of hours into getting them set up the
way I wanted them, and they contain important data I don"t want to
lose. [...]

I am also building all sys- / template- and App-VMs based on the
available templates in Qubes. As I would like to rollout Qubes for
friends and maybe also co-workers I have documented each step when
configuring/provisioning new AppVMs or templates.

I've written a handful scripts which will take the default
qubes-templates and apply all updates / packe installation and
post-configuration tasks without user interaction.
This reduces time rebuilding the system but also allows another backup
policy where I only store the data and reinstall everything else from
my scripts.

If you're interested I can forward them to you.

[799]

I'm not sure if that will help, but I'll take a look. If I can at least get my 
files into new appvms of the same name, it would do the trick.

Thanks,
Ron
Turns out there's an easy way to restore my files and firewall settings. 
Here's what I did for each VM:


1. Create a new appvm of the same name and type as the old one (with the 
old ones in a different location of course).


2. Start then stop the appvm (to ensure it's properly initialized).

3. Copy the firewall.xml, private.img and volatile.img files from the 
old one to the new one.


4. Start the appvm, and everything's back where it should be (other than 
menu customizations, and possibly previously installed apps).


I don't know if all these steps are required (particularly #2, and both 
img files in #3), but the recipe works, so I'm sticking with it.


The hardest part was actually restoring the old appvm files, given the 
deliberate roadblocks to moving files into dom0.


Thanks,
Ron

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Re: [qubes-users] How to recover VMs copied before reinstall?

2017-09-26 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar 
On September 26, 2017 9:20:57 AM MDT, 'One7two99' via qubes-users 
<qubes-users@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>Hello Ron,
>
>>  Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [qubes-users] How to recover VMs copied before
>reinstall?
>> Local Time: 26 September 2017 4:58 PM
>> From: ro...@shaw.ca
>>
>> [...] I want to access my existing ones from the previous install,
>not create new ones. I put a lot of hours into getting them set up the
>way I wanted them, and they contain important data I don"t want to
>lose. [...]
>
>I am also building all sys- / template- and App-VMs based on the
>available templates in Qubes. As I would like to rollout Qubes for
>friends and maybe also co-workers I have documented each step when
>configuring/provisioning new AppVMs or templates.
>
>I've written a handful scripts which will take the default
>qubes-templates and apply all updates / packe installation and
>post-configuration tasks without user interaction.
>This reduces time rebuilding the system but also allows another backup
>policy where I only store the data and reinstall everything else from
>my scripts.
>
>If you're interested I can forward them to you.
>
>[799]

I'm not sure if that will help, but I'll take a look. If I can at least get my 
files into new appvms of the same name, it would do the trick.

Thanks,
Ron

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Re: [qubes-users] How to recover VMs copied before reinstall?

2017-09-26 Thread 'One7two99' via qubes-users 
Hello Ron,

>  Original Message 
> Subject: Re: [qubes-users] How to recover VMs copied before reinstall?
> Local Time: 26 September 2017 4:58 PM
> From: ro...@shaw.ca
>
> [...] I want to access my existing ones from the previous install, not create 
> new ones. I put a lot of hours into getting them set up the way I wanted 
> them, and they contain important data I don"t want to lose. [...]

I am also building all sys- / template- and App-VMs based on the available 
templates in Qubes. As I would like to rollout Qubes for friends and maybe also 
co-workers I have documented each step when configuring/provisioning new AppVMs 
or templates.

I've written a handful scripts which will take the default qubes-templates and 
apply all updates / packe installation and post-configuration tasks without 
user interaction.
This reduces time rebuilding the system but also allows another backup policy 
where I only store the data and reinstall everything else from my scripts.

If you're interested I can forward them to you.

[799]

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Re: [qubes-users] How to recover VMs copied before reinstall?

2017-09-26 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar 


On September 26, 2017 4:20:34 AM MDT, Chris Laprise  wrote:
>On 09/25/2017 07:12 PM, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My first Qubes install ended up unbootable, and I didn't have a
>recent enough backup of my VMs. So I booted from a Ubuntu live cd,
>mounted the partitions, and copied everything off to a backup drive and
>did a clean reinstall.
>>
>> Now I've copied my appvms back to /var/lib/qubes/appvms/, but they
>don't show up in the VM Manager.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how to get these appvms useable again?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ron
>>
>
>Try using `qvm-add-appvm vmname templatename`.

Doesn't that just create a new appvm? I want to access my existing ones from 
the previous install, not create new ones. I put a lot of hours into getting 
them set up the way I wanted them, and they contain important data I don't want 
to lose.

I am wondering if creating new ones of the same name, then overwriting the img 
files with the old ones would work. 

Thanks,
Ron

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Re: [qubes-users] How to recover VMs copied before reinstall?

2017-09-26 Thread Chris Laprise 

On 09/25/2017 07:12 PM, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote:

Hi,

My first Qubes install ended up unbootable, and I didn't have a recent enough 
backup of my VMs. So I booted from a Ubuntu live cd, mounted the partitions, 
and copied everything off to a backup drive and did a clean reinstall.

Now I've copied my appvms back to /var/lib/qubes/appvms/, but they don't show 
up in the VM Manager.

Can anyone tell me how to get these appvms useable again?

Thanks,
Ron



Try using `qvm-add-appvm vmname templatename`.

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