How can I update the baking file of qcow2 snapshot after the files have already been moved?

[imthenachoman]

I know this isn't specific to virsh-external-snapshots but I can't find any other resources so I thought I would try here.

Once I take a snapshot using virsh-external-snapshots, the VM config will use the snapshot for booting and the snapshot points to the original qcow2 file.

I had to move both the qcow2 file and the snapshot.

Is there anyway with virsh-external-snapshots to update the snapshot baking file so it points to the new location of the qcow2 file?

The original file paths were:

• /var/lib/libvirt/images/win11.qcow2 (main storage)
• /var/lib/libvirt/images/win11.fresh-install (snapshot)

I had to move the files and now their paths are:

• /data/libvirt/images/win11.qcow2 (main storage)
• /data/libvirt/images/win11.fresh-install (snapshot)