When updating the guest memory, the currentMemory node must be removed to reflect the new value. But it the guest was never started it does not have a currentMemory node. So check it is exists first prior to remove it. Signed-off-by: Aline Manera <alinefm@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- src/kimchi/model/vms.py | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/kimchi/model/vms.py b/src/kimchi/model/vms.py index d194049..d13732b 100644 --- a/src/kimchi/model/vms.py +++ b/src/kimchi/model/vms.py @@ -650,7 +650,9 @@ class VMModel(object): dom.undefine() root = ET.fromstring(new_xml) - root.remove(root.find('.currentMemory')) + currentMem = root.find('.currentMemory') + if currentMem is not None: + root.remove(currentMem) dom = conn.defineXML(ET.tostring(root, encoding="utf-8")) except libvirt.libvirtError as e: dom = conn.defineXML(old_xml) -- 1.9.3