Re: blockcommit --pivot does not succeed in conjunction with qemu 5.0.0

Thomas Stein
Fri, 08 May 2020 11:05:01 -0000

Maybe:

from 6.3.0 release notes:

- qemu: Fix domain restore from a block device
     When using namespaces, libvirt was unable to restore a domain from a
block device because libvirt tried to relabel the device inside the
namespace while QEMU was given FD to the block device in the host.

cheers, t.

On 2020-05-08 12:48, Thomas Stein wrote:
> Hello one and all.
>
> Got a problem with libvirt 6.2.0 and qemu 5.0.0.
>
> virsh blockcommit mymachine vda --active --verbose --pivot
>
> works until it shows [100%] but it never actually pivots. It just sits
> there. Is this a known issue with 6.2.0 and i should
> try 6.3.0? For now i switched back to qemu 4.2.0 and this seems to
> solve the issue too. Any hints?
>
> Ahoi! t.