Attempting to take snapshots of VM using virsh with the following command,<div><br></div><div># virsh -c qemu:///system snapshot-create CentOS6-x86-001</div><meta charset="utf-8"><div><br></div><div>Results in the following error,</div>
<div><br></div><div>error: internal error unable to execute QEMU command &#39;savevm&#39;: The command savevm has not been found</div><div><br></div><div>The VM&#39;s virtual disks are qcow2.  Below is the XML file for this vm</div>
<div><br></div><div>------------</div><div><div>&lt;domain type=&#39;kvm&#39; id=&#39;6&#39;&gt;</div><div>  &lt;name&gt;CentOS6-x86-001&lt;/name&gt;</div><div>  &lt;uuid&gt;050fb9d8-0b9a-48b9-a432-16eec57a9e8f&lt;/uuid&gt;</div>
<div>  &lt;memory&gt;1024000&lt;/memory&gt;</div><div>  &lt;currentMemory&gt;1024000&lt;/currentMemory&gt;</div><div>  &lt;vcpu&gt;1&lt;/vcpu&gt;</div><div>  &lt;os&gt;</div><div>    &lt;type arch=&#39;x86_64&#39; machine=&#39;rhel6.0.0&#39;&gt;hvm&lt;/type&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;boot dev=&#39;hd&#39;/&gt;</div><div>  &lt;/os&gt;</div><div>  &lt;features&gt;</div><div>    &lt;acpi/&gt;</div><div>    &lt;apic/&gt;</div><div>    &lt;pae/&gt;</div><div>  &lt;/features&gt;</div><div>  &lt;clock offset=&#39;utc&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>  &lt;on_poweroff&gt;destroy&lt;/on_poweroff&gt;</div><div>  &lt;on_reboot&gt;restart&lt;/on_reboot&gt;</div><div>  &lt;on_crash&gt;restart&lt;/on_crash&gt;</div><div>  &lt;devices&gt;</div><div>    &lt;emulator&gt;/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm&lt;/emulator&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;disk type=&#39;file&#39; device=&#39;disk&#39;&gt;</div><div>      &lt;driver name=&#39;qemu&#39; type=&#39;qcow2&#39; cache=&#39;none&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;source file=&#39;/vmstore/CentOS6-x86-001/CentOS6-x86-001_sys.qcow2&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>      &lt;target dev=&#39;vda&#39; bus=&#39;virtio&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;virtio-disk0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;address type=&#39;pci&#39; domain=&#39;0x0000&#39; bus=&#39;0x00&#39; slot=&#39;0x04&#39; function=&#39;0x0&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;/disk&gt;</div><div>    &lt;disk type=&#39;file&#39; device=&#39;cdrom&#39;&gt;</div><div>      &lt;driver name=&#39;qemu&#39; type=&#39;raw&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;target dev=&#39;hdc&#39; bus=&#39;ide&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>      &lt;readonly/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;ide0-1-0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;address type=&#39;drive&#39; controller=&#39;0&#39; bus=&#39;1&#39; unit=&#39;0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>    &lt;/disk&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;disk type=&#39;file&#39; device=&#39;disk&#39;&gt;</div><div>      &lt;driver name=&#39;qemu&#39; type=&#39;qcow2&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;source file=&#39;/vmstore/CentOS6-x86-001/CentOS6-x86-001_var.img&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>      &lt;target dev=&#39;vdb&#39; bus=&#39;virtio&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;virtio-disk1&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;address type=&#39;pci&#39; domain=&#39;0x0000&#39; bus=&#39;0x00&#39; slot=&#39;0x06&#39; function=&#39;0x0&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;/disk&gt;</div><div>    &lt;controller type=&#39;ide&#39; index=&#39;0&#39;&gt;</div><div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;ide0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;address type=&#39;pci&#39; domain=&#39;0x0000&#39; bus=&#39;0x00&#39; slot=&#39;0x01&#39; function=&#39;0x1&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;/controller&gt;</div><div>    &lt;interface type=&#39;bridge&#39;&gt;</div><div>      &lt;mac address=&#39;52:54:00:4d:74:c7&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;source bridge=&#39;br0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;target dev=&#39;vnet0&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>      &lt;model type=&#39;virtio&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;net0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;address type=&#39;pci&#39; domain=&#39;0x0000&#39; bus=&#39;0x00&#39; slot=&#39;0x03&#39; function=&#39;0x0&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;/interface&gt;</div><div>    &lt;serial type=&#39;pty&#39;&gt;</div><div>      &lt;source path=&#39;/dev/pts/1&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;target port=&#39;0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;serial0&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;/serial&gt;</div><div>    &lt;console type=&#39;pty&#39; tty=&#39;/dev/pts/1&#39;&gt;</div><div>      &lt;source path=&#39;/dev/pts/1&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;target port=&#39;0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;serial0&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;/console&gt;</div><div>    &lt;input type=&#39;tablet&#39; bus=&#39;usb&#39;&gt;</div><div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;input0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>    &lt;/input&gt;</div><div>    &lt;input type=&#39;mouse&#39; bus=&#39;ps2&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>    &lt;graphics type=&#39;vnc&#39; port=&#39;5900&#39; autoport=&#39;yes&#39;/&gt;</div><div>    &lt;video&gt;</div><div>      &lt;model type=&#39;cirrus&#39; vram=&#39;9216&#39; heads=&#39;1&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;video0&#39;/&gt;</div>
<div>      &lt;address type=&#39;pci&#39; domain=&#39;0x0000&#39; bus=&#39;0x00&#39; slot=&#39;0x02&#39; function=&#39;0x0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>    &lt;/video&gt;</div><div>    &lt;memballoon model=&#39;virtio&#39;&gt;</div>
<div>      &lt;alias name=&#39;balloon0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>      &lt;address type=&#39;pci&#39; domain=&#39;0x0000&#39; bus=&#39;0x00&#39; slot=&#39;0x05&#39; function=&#39;0x0&#39;/&gt;</div><div>    &lt;/memballoon&gt;</div>
<div>  &lt;/devices&gt;</div><div>  &lt;seclabel type=&#39;dynamic&#39; model=&#39;selinux&#39;&gt;</div><div>    &lt;label&gt;system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c292,c580&lt;/label&gt;</div><div>    &lt;imagelabel&gt;system_u:object_r:svirt_image_t:s0:c292,c580&lt;/imagelabel&gt;</div>
<div>  &lt;/seclabel&gt;</div><div>&lt;/domain&gt;</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>------------</div><div><br></div><div>This is my first attempt at snapshots with KVM after migrating from ESXi, so if there&#39;s a better method please let me know.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>- Trey</div>