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Install VirtManager

https://www.tecmint.com/install-kvm-on-ubuntu/

How To Backup A Virt-Manager Virtual Machine On Linux

Linux list a KVM vm guest using virsh command - nixCraft

  • Where are images stored?
    • /var/lib/libvirt/images
  • List all virtual machines
    • virsh list --all

  • Backup xml and stuff

    • virsh dumpxml sled9 > sled9.xml

    for vm_name in $(virsh list --all --name) do virsh dumpxml $vm_name > $vm_name.xml done

    for vm_name in $(virsh list --all --name) do virsh dumpxml $vm_name > $vm_name.xml done

    for f in $(ls *xml); do sed -i 's/\/var\/lib\/libvirt\/images/\/media\/dentropy\/LinuxStuff\/images/g' $f ; done;

    for f in $(ls *xml); do virsh define --file $f ; done;

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Remote connection for virt-manager

  • XForwarding works like a charm

Networking for virt-manager

Backup and restore VM's