Need to start a virtual machine but missing nic is preventing this:
I have need to recover some data from a guest on host which has been
shutddown for some time. The host had one of it nic removed at some
point. It is not likely to be replaced either.
When I try to start the guest in question I get this:
error: Failed to start domain inet09.harte-lyne.ca
error: Cannot get interface MTU on 'br1': No such device
I tried editing (virsh edit guest) to remove the interface:
<interface type='bridge'>
<mac address='52:54:00:35:a2:8a'/>
<source bridge='br1'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08'
function='0x0'/>
</interface>
I saved the changes and tried to start the guest. but I got the same
error. Then edited the guest config to say:
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='52:54:00:35:a2:8a'/>
<source network='default'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
</interface>
How do I configure this guest so it will start without the missing nic?
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