How to restore a deleted VM

jefro July 18, 2010 at 15:49:57

Import or otherwise create a new VM and edit to the correct files. I support the 'Everybody Draw Mohammed Day'. A religion doesn't deny my freedom.

satimis July 18, 2010 at 18:05:28

Hi jefro, I can't create a new VM on the GUI Virtual Machine Manager like in Oracle VirtualBox. It always looks for ISO image. Finally I got it done with $ sudo virsh define /path/to/VM.xml Which file holds the relevant data? I wonder whether I can edit the file manually to do the job. Thanks B.R. satimis

jefro July 19, 2010 at 19:39:59

Part of the info is on the qemu sites. qcow2 is the virtual filesystem. Normally linux uses a script but look at the xml file. It may hold the vm settings such as ram and what files are used for the hard drives and cdroms. Pretty sure they make gui front ends that work pretty easily. I support the 'Everybody Draw Mohammed Day'. A religion doesn't deny my freedom.

satimis July 20, 2010 at 07:04:47

Hi jefro, The GUI which I found is Virtual Machine Manager. It can't restore the deleted guest from VM.xml nor from the image. satimis

jefro July 21, 2010 at 12:47:39

You don't restore you just make a new one and then edit to the old file names. I support the 'Everybody Draw Mohammed Day'. A religion doesn't deny my freedom.