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LIBVIRT-XML(7)02 entries

Domain XML

The declarative guest model: CPU, memory, disks, interfaces, devices, metadata, and safe edits.

  1. 01
    CPU, memory, and device model

    The domain XML describes a virtual machine contract: machine type, firmware, CPU compatibility, memory, and each presented device. Inspect the effective model CPU choices host passthrough exposes host CPU features closel

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  2. 02
    Safe domain XML editing

    Domain XML is the authoritative persistent guest definition. Capture it, validate the proposed file, define it, and confirm that libvirt normalized what you intended. Change procedure virsh edit guest01 is appropriate fo

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