From: Peter Krempa Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:33:55 +0000 (+0100) Subject: man: virsh: Mention that '--size' for 'checkpoint-dumpxml' may require running vm X-Git-Tag: v6.10.0-rc1~292 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=af7047717f83a7f75c5ae3b318dc4d44b81627fd;p=thirdparty%2Flibvirt.git man: virsh: Mention that '--size' for 'checkpoint-dumpxml' may require running vm 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 Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko --- diff --git a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst index 856803c852..1290a4bca2 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst +++ b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst @@ -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 element from the +space). Note that some hypervisors may require that *domain* is running when +*--size* is used. + +Using *--no-domain* will omit the element from the output for a more compact view.