Xen devel - Mar 2006 - update possibility for domain configuration files

Hi all,

a few things regarding the domain configuration came into my mind.
Let''s say a domain is started on a xen host and has been running for 3
months.
Maybe, due to live-migration features, the domain "travelled" through
several
xen hosts, but this isn''t necessary. 
During the domain''s uptime, it was reconfigured by adding a few block
devices,
maybe some network interfaces, reconfiguring vnets, changing the ram size 
etc.

In my opinion, it should be necessary to implement an option into the xm 
command to save the current configuration of a running domain back into a 
local file. Because if the domain is shut down and should be brought up again 
with the same configuration as before, we have a problem.

In my point of view this would be necessary. Maybe some people could state 
their opinions whether this is a required feature or not.

Regards,
Michael
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Michael Mey wrote:
> In my opinion, it should be necessary to implement an option into the xm 
> command to save the current configuration of a running domain back into a 
> local file. Because if the domain is shut down and should be brought up
again
> with the same configuration as before, we have a problem.
> 
Do you mean something like ``xm list --long <domId> >
<configfile>''''?

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On Wednesday 08 March 2006 16:42, Christopher G. Stach II
wrote:
> Michael Mey wrote:
> > In my opinion, it should be necessary to implement an option into the
xm
> > command to save the current configuration of a running domain back
into a
> > local file. Because if the domain is shut down and should be brought
up
> > again with the same configuration as before, we have a problem.
>
> Do you mean something like ``xm list --long <domId> >
<configfile>''''?
Exactly. The output of ''xm list ---long <domID>'' should
be converted from sxp
format to config-file format.

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