Re: [Xen-API] Create a Virtual machine with a specific UUID

[Jonathan Ludlam <Jonathan.Ludlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oops, forgot to mention that to preserve the uuid on the import, append 
'preserve=true' to the import CLI command (it adds an extra HTTP parameter to 
the URL)

Jon

On 6 Oct 2010, at 11:51, Jonathan Ludlam wrote:

> Hi Mauro,
> 
> Import and export are done via http get/put.
> 
> If you do:
> 
> xe vm-export uuid=... filename=... --debug
> 
> and
> 
> xe vm-import filename=... --debug
> 
> it will output some lines indicating exactly what the URLs are that it's 
> using.
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> On 6 Oct 2010, at 11:19, Leonelli Mauro wrote:
> 
>> Hi Vincent,
>> do you have a python snippet as proof of concept?
>> 
>> By navigating XenApi, I find import/export  only as an enum variable of 
>> vm_operations
>> 
>> Mauro
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vincent Hanquez [mailto:vincent.hanquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: mercoledì 6 ottobre 2010 12:06
>> To: Leonelli Mauro
>> Cc: Alberto González Rodríguez; xen-api
>> Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Create a Virtual machine with a specific UUID
>> 
>> On 06/10/10 10:52, Leonelli Mauro wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> thanks Alberto for the quick answer.
>>> There a couple of good benefits by doing it
>>> 
>>>        1) If a VM is creating using the config file on xen, UUID set on the 
>>> file overwrites the one autogenerated (i.e. UUID is not autogenerated)
>>>        2) If I delete a VM and want to recreate the exact copy of it, I'd 
>>> like to use the very same UUID (that is, btw, used by me to store info on 
>>> the vm on a local databse)
>> 
>> I believe vm-{import/export} do what you're looking for.
>> 
>> --
>> Vincent
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