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Kashyap Chamarthy f98759170e docs: kbase: Add a doc on merging disk image chains
This is a rewrite of:

    https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-merge-an-entire-disk-image-chain-including-current-active-disk

Once this commit merges, the above wiki should point to this kbase
document.

Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
2021-05-11 11:23:57 +02:00

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==============
Knowledge base
==============
Usage
-----
`Secure usage <secureusage.html>`__
Secure usage of the libvirt APIs
`Backing chain management <backing_chains.html>`__
Explanation of how disk backing chain specification impacts libvirt's
behaviour and basic troubleshooting steps of disk problems.
`Virtio-FS <virtiofs.html>`__
Share a filesystem between the guest and the host
`Security with QEMU passthrough <qemu-passthrough-security.html>`__
Examination of the security protections used for QEMU and how they need
configuring to allow use of QEMU passthrough with host files/devices.
`RPM deployment <rpm-deployment.html>`__
Explanation of the different RPM packages and illustration of which to
pick for installation
`Domain state capture <domainstatecapture.html>`__
Comparison between different methods of capturing domain state
`Disk locking <locking.html>`__
Ensuring exclusive guest access to disks with
`virtlockd <locking-lockd.html>`__ or
`Sanlock <locking-sanlock.html>`__
`Protected virtualization on s390 <s390_protected_virt.html>`__
Running secure s390 guests with IBM Secure Execution
`Launch security <launch_security_sev.html>`__
Securely launching VMs with AMD SEV
`Live full disk backup <live_full_disk_backup.html>`__
A walkthrough of how to take effective live full disk backups.
`Merging disk image chains <merging_disk_image_chains.html>`__
Ways to reduce or consolidate disk image chains.
`KVM real time <kvm-realtime.html>`__
Run real time workloads in guests on a KVM hypervisor
`PCI hotplug <../pci-hotplug.html>`__
Effective usage of PCI hotplug
`PCI topology <../pci-addresses.html>`__
Addressing schemes for PCI devices
Internals / Debugging
---------------------
`Debug logs <debuglogs.html>`__
Configuration of logging and tips on how to file a good bug report.
`Systemtap <systemtap.html>`__
Explanation of how to use systemtap for libvirt tracing.
`Incremental backup internals <incrementalbackupinternals.html>`__
Incremental backup implementation details relevant for users
`VM migration internals <migrationinternals.html>`__
VM migration implementation details, complementing the info in
`migration <migration.html>`__