Trey Dockendorf
2011-Jul-28 23:44 UTC
[CentOS-virt] Snapshot error "command savevm not found"
Attempting to take snapshots of VM using virsh with the following command, # virsh -c qemu:///system snapshot-create CentOS6-x86-001 Results in the following error, error: internal error unable to execute QEMU command 'savevm': The command savevm has not been found The VM's virtual disks are qcow2. Below is the XML file for this vm ------------ <domain type='kvm' id='6'> <name>CentOS6-x86-001</name> <uuid>050fb9d8-0b9a-48b9-a432-16eec57a9e8f</uuid> <memory>1024000</memory> <currentMemory>1024000</currentMemory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.0.0'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/> <source file='/vmstore/CentOS6-x86-001/CentOS6-x86-001_sys.qcow2'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <alias name='virtio-disk0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <alias name='ide0-1-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' unit='0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/vmstore/CentOS6-x86-001/CentOS6-x86-001_var.img'/> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> <alias name='virtio-disk1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <alias name='ide0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:4d:74:c7'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <model type='virtio'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/1'/> <target port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/1'> <source path='/dev/pts/1'/> <target port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <alias name='input0'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes'/> <video> <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> <seclabel type='dynamic' model='selinux'> <label>system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c292,c580</label> <imagelabel>system_u:object_r:svirt_image_t:s0:c292,c580</imagelabel> </seclabel> </domain> ------------ This is my first attempt at snapshots with KVM after migrating from ESXi, so if there's a better method please let me know. Thanks - Trey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20110728/a07088ea/attachment-0006.html>