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man: virsh: Mention that '--size' for 'checkpoint-dumpxml' may require running vm
authorPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:33:55 +0000 (12:33 +0100)
committerPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Mon, 9 Nov 2020 11:25:49 +0000 (12:25 +0100)
Separate the docs for the '--size' flag into its own paragraph and
mention that the domain may be required to be running.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
docs/manpages/virsh.rst

index 856803c8523f591af281e9c36bd38bb67b035dff..1290a4bca2c09bd8bacbb802f738499f4898dee7 100644 (file)
@@ -7309,11 +7309,15 @@ checkpoint-dumpxml
 Output the checkpoint XML for the domain's checkpoint named
 *checkpoint*.  Using
 *--security-info* will also include security sensitive information.
+
 Using *--size* will add XML indicating the current size in bytes of
 guest data that has changed since the checkpoint was created (although
 remember that guest activity between a size check and actually
 creating a backup can result in the backup needing slightly more
-space).  Using *--no-domain* will omit the <domain> element from the
+space). Note that some hypervisors may require that *domain* is running when
+*--size* is used.
+
+Using *--no-domain* will omit the <domain> element from the
 output for a more compact view.