Comment 19 for bug 1719196

I spent some time today trying to modify the ocata xml templates produced in /etc/libvirt/qemu/<INSTANCE-ID>.xml for each of the generated instances. Destroying & Undefining the existing instance, making some changes and redefining the xml, however it appears that nova regenerates these templates upon instance reset, thus removing any changes made to the xml template. Is there any way to disable this feature that does not require some serious modifications to the nova underpinnings?