Migrate a QEMU/KVM VM from qemu:///system to qemu:///session

Question

I have a created a Windows 10 VM using virt-manager as user (not root).

However, when try to list the VMs with virsh list --all, My VM is not listed? And, if I specify the system URI with by running virsh -c qemu:///system list --all, I see my VM listed.
I would like to migrate my VM from qemu:///system to qemu:///session to be able to list it with virsh list --all.

How can I achieve that?

You lose a lot of functionality in the user session. Consider something like `alias virsh='virsh -c qemu:///system` instead. — Michael Hampton, Jul 03 '21 at 16:50

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 20 '21 at 09:33

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https://mike42.me/blog/libvirt-migrate-a-vm-from-qemusession-to-qemusystem

virsh undefine foo-machine
sudo virsh define foo-machine.xml 
sudo virsh start foo-machine

edited Sep 20 '21 at 09:33

Nisse Engström

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answered Sep 18 '21 at 20:50

Oluwatobi Ogunsola

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This is the opposite of what the poster asked for. – Michael Hampton Sep 20 '21 at 22:11

Migrate a QEMU/KVM VM from qemu:///system to qemu:///session

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