From 72e25ad858387b8adf304385ada6e0366df6e99f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glen Rundblom Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:14:13 -0500 Subject: Built out how to move a Boxes VM between hosts, tested the procedure on machines in my lab as I wrote the section. Also made small section on how to delete a box VM --- en-US/Boxes.xml | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- en-US/Revision_History.xml | 14 ++++++++++++++ en-US/glen_to_do.odt | Bin 27571 -> 29274 bytes 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/en-US/Boxes.xml b/en-US/Boxes.xml index 6dd5f82..92a7c92 100644 --- a/en-US/Boxes.xml +++ b/en-US/Boxes.xml @@ -144,20 +144,25 @@
How do I move a Virtual Machine between computers? - -To Move a Virtual Machine made in Boxes takes two steps: - $USER is a variable or place holder for whatever your username is on your system. For example: if your username is glen, /home/$USER would mean /home/glen + + Moving a virtual machine has three basic steps: + - Move of the virtual hard drive that is kept in:/home/$USER/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images + Move or copy of the virtual hard drive that is kept in:/home/$USER/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images Export of the XML file via VIRSH dumpxml. + + Import of the XML file via VIRSH create. + + + Move a VM Hard drive "image" file between Computers Open your home folder via files @@ -181,12 +186,13 @@ To Move a Virtual Machine made in Boxes takes two steps: If You only have one virtual machine it will be called boxes-unknown by default. Right Click on the file of the virtual machine and copy it to the USB drive, network drive, or what ever media you will be using to copy your VM to the other computer. - On the receiving computer, do the steps in reverse order, ultimately placing the hard drive file in: /home/$USER/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images. + On the receiving computer, do the steps 1-6 again, but this time you will be copying/pasteing the drive image you found in step 7 into the folder: /home/$USER/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images + - Copy a Virtual Machine "Config" file between Computers + Copy the Virtual Machine "Config" XML file between Computers Open a terminal window. type in virsh list --all @@ -199,10 +205,29 @@ To Move a Virtual Machine made in Boxes takes two steps: On the receiving computer, copy the boxes-unknown.xml into the root of your home folder: /home/$USER/boxes-unknown.xml - On the receiving computer, open a terminal window + On the receiving computer, open a terminal window. In the terminal window issue the command: virsh create boxes-unknown.xml + + + Now Your virtual machine should be ready, open Boxes on the receiving / destination computer and turn it on + +
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+How do I delete a box? + + Deleting a box is simple: + + Delete a Box + Open Boxes. + + Right Click the Box or Boxes you wish to delete. + + After the Boxes have a check mark on them that you wish to delete, click the Delete button. + + Click the X on the confirmation notification if you are sure you have deleted the correct boxes. Or click UNDO if you made a mistake. +
diff --git a/en-US/Revision_History.xml b/en-US/Revision_History.xml index da14498..4d19ae9 100644 --- a/en-US/Revision_History.xml +++ b/en-US/Revision_History.xml @@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ + + 1.0-16 + Friday March 29, 2015 + + Glen + Rundblom + grundblom@fedoraproject.org + + + + Built out section on how to move a Boxes VM between hosts, as well as how to delete a Box, tested procedure Fedora and LinuxMint machines in my lab as I wrote the section. + + + 1.0-15 Friday March 27, 2015 diff --git a/en-US/glen_to_do.odt b/en-US/glen_to_do.odt index ec44a11..b634986 100644 Binary files a/en-US/glen_to_do.odt and b/en-US/glen_to_do.odt differ -- cgit