Virtualization

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VMware OS Optimization Tool. -

https://www.sysprobs.com/download-pre-installed-virtualbox-images-linux-windows#Windows-VMs

https://kb.novaordis.com/index.php/Linux_Virtualization_Concepts https://kb.novaordis.com/index.php/KVM_Virtual_Machine_XML_Defintion https://kb.novaordis.com/index.php/KVM_Virtual_Networking_Concepts
KVM backup - https://bozza.ru/art-337.html
qemu-img https://blog.programster.org/qemu-img-cheatsheet
compress pigz -c ./MISOJ-auth.hdd > /home/vm/MISOJ-auth.hdd.gz
decompress pigz -d -c ./MISOJ-auth.hdd.gz > /home/vm/MISOJ-auth.hdd

for windows 7 virtio last version 0.1.173-4
https://recoverhdd.com/blog/how-to-repair-boot-record-mbr-windows-guide.html#ch1 - fix boot
centos 8 virtualization https://computingpost.medium.com/how-to-install-and-use-kvm-on-centos-stream-8-2816ca196ff6
centos 7 configure with network manager https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_7&p=kvm

start qemu without libvirt, raw start <https://habr.com/ru/articles/728952/>

virsh cheatcode https://computingforgeeks.com/virsh-commands-cheatsheet/

commands and logic https://sysguides.com/create-and-manage-internal-snapshots-in-kvm
old scripts https://b14esh.com/virtualization/kvm/backup-vm-qemu-kvm-libvirt.html

https://www.redpill-linpro.com/techblog/2021/04/07/nested-virtualization-hyper-v-in-qemu-kvm.html

Testing system updates using libvirts checkpoint feature - https://abbbi.github.io/changes/
virtndbackup error - https://github.com/abbbi/virtnbdbackup/discussions/119
working with bitmaps qmp https://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/QEMU-Docs/_build/html/docs/interop/bitmaps.html#id1

# bitmap
qemu-img bitmap  --remove  ./local_copy_1_154.hdd.qcow2 virtnbdbackup.1
 
#snapshot
qemu-img snapshot -l $DISK_IMAGE.qcow2 # List Snapshots
#Snapshots also appear in the output of the qemu-img info command.
 
qemu-img snapshot -c $SNAPSHOT_NAME $DISK_IMAGE #Create Snapshot
qemu-img snapshot -a $SNAPSHOT_NAME $DISK_IMAGE #Restore (Apply) Snapshot
 
qemu-img snapshot -d  $SNAPSHOT_NAME  $DISK_IMAGE #Delete Snapshot

Checkpoints increment backup

# Libvirt - checkpoints - dirtybitmap
 article for incremental backup - https://abbbi.github.io/changes/
 
 
## Commands
virsh checkpoint-create
virsh qemu-monitor-command one-31 --pretty  '{"execute": "query-block", "arguments": {}}'
qemu-img info --output json --force-share /var/lib/one/datastores/0/31/disk.0
 
## Manual
1.https://qemu-project.gitlab.io/qemu/interop/bitmaps.html#bitmap-status
1.https://qemu-project.gitlab.io/qemu/interop/dbus-vmstate.html
 
## Interesting manual with commands 
1.https://github.com/OpenNebula/one/issues/6206 - in first message examples of commands 
1.
 
 
 
<details>
  <summary>Example of create chekpoints and use it</summary>
12:23:12.061 [CMD]: virsh --connect qemu:///system checkpoint-list --name 0f297c4b-001f-434d-9123-739342da23fb
12:23:12.079 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:12.080 [CMD]: virsh --connect qemu:///system domfsfreeze 0f297c4b-001f-434d-9123-739342da23fb
12:23:12.149 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:12.152 [CMD]: qemu-img create -f qcow2 /var/lib/one//datastores/0/36/tmp/scracth.0.qcow2 256M
12:23:12.211 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:12.211 [CMD]: virsh --connect qemu:///system backup-begin --reuse-external --backupxml /var/lib/one//datastores/0/36/tmp/backup.xml --checkpointxml /var/lib/one//datastores/0/36/tmp/checkpoint.xml 0f297c4b-001f-434d-9123-739342da23fb
12:23:12.641 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:12.641 [CMD]: virsh --connect qemu:///system domfsthaw 0f297c4b-001f-434d-9123-739342da23fb
12:23:12.716 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:12.719 [CMD]: nbdinfo --json --map=qemu:dirty-bitmap:backup-vda nbd+unix:///vda?socket=/var/lib/one//datastores/0/36/backup.socket
12:23:12.726 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:12.726 [CMD]: qemu-img create -f qcow2 -F raw -b nbd+unix:///vda?socket=/var/lib/one//datastores/0/36/backup.socket /var/lib/one//datastores/0/36/backup/disk.0.2
12:23:12.794 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:12.794 [CMD]: qemu-io
12:23:13.034 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:13.034 [BCK]: Incremental backup done in 0.955029454s
12:23:13.034 [CMD]: virsh --connect qemu:///system domjobabort 0f297c4b-001f-434d-9123-739342da23fb
12:23:13.054 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:13.055 [CMD]: virsh --connect qemu:///system checkpoint-list --name 0f297c4b-001f-434d-9123-739342da23fb
12:23:13.072 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:13.072 [CMD]: qemu-img info --output json --force-share /var/lib/datastores/local_mount/0/36/disk.0.snap/0
12:23:13.077 [CMD]: DONE
12:23:13.078 [CMD]: virsh --connect qemu:///system checkpoint-delete 0f297c4b-001f-434d-9123-739342da23fb one-36-0
12:23:13.399 [CMD]: DONE
</details>
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sed -i 's/pc-q35-7.2/pc-q35-6.1/g' ./vmconfig.virtnbdbackup.32.xml 
sed -i 's/<seclabel/<!--seclabel/g' ./vmconfig.virtnbdbackup.32.xml
sed -i 's/<\/seclabel>/<\/seclabel-->/g' ./vmconfig.virtnbdbackup.32.xml