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

[Jonathan Ludlam <Jonathan.Ludlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

xe is for both XenServer and XCP.

I think that using the XenAPI against xend is probably inadvisable - I believe 
that it's not well maintained at the moment. Your best options are really to 
use xl on Xen 4.0, or XenAPI against XCP/XenServer. 

Jon

On 6 Oct 2010, at 12:00, Leonelli Mauro wrote:

> Is xe only for XenServer? We are using Xen 4.0 at the moment.
> 
> Mauro
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Ludlam [mailto:Jonathan.Ludlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: mercoledì 6 ottobre 2010 12:55
> To: Jonathan Ludlam
> Cc: Leonelli Mauro; Vincent Hanquez; xen-api
> Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Create a Virtual machine with a specific UUID
> 
> 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.
>>> 
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