Edit file File name : backup.page Content :<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="backup" xml:lang="el"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/> <revision pkgversion="3.30" date="2018-12-01" status="review"/> <credit type="author copyright"> <name>Michael Hill</name> <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email> <years>2018</years> </credit> <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/> <desc>Write the configuration of a box to a file to back it up or move it.</desc> <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright"> <mal:name>Ελληνική μεταφραστική ομάδα GNOME</mal:name> <mal:email>team@gnome.gr</mal:email> <mal:years>2014</mal:years> </mal:credit> <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright"> <mal:name>Θάνος Τρυφωνίδης</mal:name> <mal:email>tomtryf@gmail.com</mal:email> <mal:years>2014</mal:years> </mal:credit> <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright"> <mal:name>Μαρία Μαυρίδου</mal:name> <mal:email>mavridou@gmail.com</mal:email> <mal:years>2014</mal:years> </mal:credit> </info> <title>Back up or move a box</title> <p>Two components are required to back up or move a box: the image file, and the configuration of the box saved as an XML file. Saving the configuration requires the <cmd>virsh</cmd> command from the <app>libvirt</app> or <app>libvirt-client</app> package.</p> <steps> <item> <p>In a terminal window, type</p> <code>virsh dumpxml Name > Name.xml</code> <p>where <cmd>Name</cmd> is the <app>Boxes</app> name, or <em>domain</em>, of your box. To list the domains seen by <app>Boxes</app>, type</p> <code>virsh -c qemu:///session list --all</code> </item> <item> <p>Copy the <cmd>.xml</cmd> file you just created to your backup or temporary storage location.</p> </item> <item> <p>Copy the image file to your backup or temporary storage location. It will be a file with the domain name of your box and ending in <cmd>.qcow2</cmd>, located in <file>~/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/</file>.</p> </item> </steps> <section id="restore"> <title>Restore a box</title> <p>The saved box can be installed into <app>Boxes</app> on a new host machine, or on the original machine as part of a disaster recovery scenario.</p> <steps> <item> <p>Exit <app>Boxes</app>.</p> </item> <item> <p>Copy the <cmd>.qcow2</cmd> image file from your backup or temporary storage location into the <file>~/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/</file> directory in the new location.</p> </item> <item> <p>In a terminal window, navigate to the directory or device containing the <cmd>.xml</cmd> file you stored. Type</p> <code>virsh define Name.xml</code> <p>where <cmd>Name</cmd> is the domain of your box.</p> </item> <item> <p>Launch <app>Boxes</app>.</p> </item> </steps> </section> </page> Save