From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Jd <jd_jedi@convirture.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] nbd-server / monitor to copy files/directory in to running VM.
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:04:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54502F1E.1080302@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <544FCC1D.4040504@convirture.com>
On 10/28/2014 06:02 PM, Jd wrote:
> Hi
> I see an option to start nbd-server from running VM via qemu monitor.
> This is very useful. The option seems to allow sharing the disk with
> read/write permission. Can I really export and use the nbd-served disk
> from running vm in read/write ? Isnt there a risk for corrupting the
> file system ?
You must know what you are doing. In general the answer is yes, you
risk corrupting the file system.
Paolo
> qemu monitor seems to have command to open, write, close commands. I
> tried them and I could create a file (after going through encoding). How
> can I create a directory using this ?
>
> I read little bit about live-guestfs, but it needs another agent in to
> the VM. Also, is this ready for prime time ? Any plans to have this in
> the qemu guest agent. This way we dont have to have multiple agents
> required in the guest.
>
> Is there any other ideas on copying files in to a running VM ?
>
> Thanks
> /Jd
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-29 0:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-28 17:02 [Qemu-devel] nbd-server / monitor to copy files/directory in to running VM Jd
2014-10-29 0:04 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2014-10-29 15:20 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-10-29 15:35 ` Daniel P. Berrange
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