Re: VM id in KVM?

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 04:39:33PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> >When managing QEMU & KVM guests, libvirt provides 3 identifiers with
> >varying levels of uniqueness
> >
> > - ID - a integer unique amongst all active guests on a host
> > - Name - a string uninque amongst all active & inactive guests on a host
> > - UUID - 32 byte hex string unique globally
> 
> Does libvirt also provide a lighter-weight interface that doesn't know 
> about names and uuids?  I imagine a cluster-wide management solutions 
> will want to keep all configuration in a central database and just tell 
> libvirt "start a guest with this configuration".

Name is mandatory, if you omit the UUID it will generate one for its own
internal tracking purposes. You can also create a guest without having to
pre-define a config file - it will disappear with no trace once the guest
is shutdown.

Regards,
Dan.
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