Cannot rename template to original name

[Niels Kobschätzki]

Hi,

I installed QubesOS 3.2 RC1 and before I installed it, I cloned my templates and did a backup. I restored the clones, then I wanted to rename the Fedora 23-clone to Fedora-23.
Qubes VM Manager told that I have to remove the rpm of the template first since I can't rename a template installed by an rpm.
I uninstalled the template and when I try to rename the clone now to Fedora-23 the Manager tells me that a VM with that name under the UUID <long string> already exists. So, what now?

Niels

[Marek Marczykowski-Górecki]

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Ah, it looks like rpm removal didn't cleaned up all the things.

You can cleanup this with:

virsh -c xen:/// undefine fedora-23

https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2112

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Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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[Niels Kobschaetzki]

On 16/06/25 00:00, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 08:04:30PM +0200, Niels Kobschätzki wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed QubesOS 3.2 RC1 and before I installed it, I cloned my templates
>> and did a backup. I restored the clones, then I wanted to rename the Fedora
>> 23-clone to Fedora-23.
>> Qubes VM Manager told that I have to remove the rpm of the template first since
>> I can't rename a template installed by an rpm.
>> I uninstalled the template and when I try to rename the clone now to Fedora-23
>> the Manager tells me that a VM with that name under the UUID <long string>
>> already exists. So, what now?
>
>Ah, it looks like rpm removal didn't cleaned up all the things.
>
>You can cleanup this with:
>
> virsh -c xen:/// undefine fedora-23
>
>https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2112

Thanks, that was it.
Btw. when you remove a template outside the Qubes VM Manager and you
forgot for one AppVM to change the template, Qubes VM Manager will
either crash or start doesn't like you at all.
I had to re-install the template after the virsh-command, change the
forgotten AppVM, then close the manager, uninstall and run the
virsh-command (I uninstalled several times and the domain was always
still registered with virsh.

Niels