Re: qcow2 - How Do We Backup To A Different Hard Drive?

[Kent Dorfman]

read my lips...

QUIT USING THE FRACKING GUI!  open a terminal and do it in command
line using sudo.


On 11/24/19, Jesse Palser <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ugg...
>
> Thought this was fixed.
>
> If I try to copy with Kubuntu file manager
> it shows: "Could not read" file error?
>
> In Permissions it shows
> User: Root, Group: Root
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Jesse Palser
> address@hidden <mailto: address@hidden>
> *Fallen Angel Software*
> Video Game Design Studio
> www.FallenAngelSoftware.com <http://fallenangelsoftware.com>
>
>
>
> On 11/24/19 7:15 AM, Jesse Palser wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Adding myself to the "kvm" group solved the problem!
>> Many thanks...
>>
>> --
>> Jesse Palser
>> address@hidden <mailto: address@hidden>
>> *Fallen Angel Software*
>> Video Game Design Studio
>> www.FallenAngelSoftware.com <http://fallenangelsoftware.com>
>>
>>
>> On 11/24/19 12:21 AM, Kent Dorfman wrote:
>>> This is why folks need to grow beyond gui interfaces.  Are you a
>>> member of the kvm group?
>>>
>>> If so, then you need to open a terminal and manually copy the disk
>>> image file whereever you want to save it.  Make sure the VM is shut
>>> down first though.
>>>
>>> and on a side note.  SCREAM FEROCIOUSLY if you don't have sudo admin
>>> access on your own workstation.  Those kinds of corporate security
>>> policies are bullshite!
>>>
>>> On 11/23/19, Jesse Palser<address@hidden>  wrote:
>>>> Hi Again...
>>>>
>>>> I viewed the properties of the VM's "qcow2" file.
>>>> Under Permissions it says:
>>>> "Only the owner can change permissions"?
>>>> And the User is "libvirt-qemu" and the Group is "kvm"
>>>>
>>>> Is there something I need to do?
>>>> Let me know, thanks!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jesse Palser
>>>> address@hidden  <mailto:address@hidden>
>>>> *Fallen Angel Software*
>>>> Video Game Design Studio
>>>> www.FallenAngelSoftware.com  <http://fallenangelsoftware.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/23/19 4:23 PM, Jesse Palser wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Running Kubuntu 18.04.3 LTS 64Bit with a Windows 10 Pro 64Bit guest.
>>>>>
>>>>> We want to backup the VM's qcow2 image file to a different hard drive
>>>>> but we cannot because it require sudo - which can't be done in
>>>>> Kubuntu's file manager.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas on how to do the above?
>>>>> Let us know, thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jesse Palser
>>>>> address@hidden  <mailto:address@hidden>
>>>>> *Fallen Angel Software*
>>>>> Video Game Design Studio
>>>>> www.FallenAngelSoftware.com  <http://fallenangelsoftware.com>
>>
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