from instances.models import Instance def refresh_instance_database(compute): domains = compute.proxy.wvm.listAllDomains() domain_names = [d.name() for d in domains] # Delete instances that're not on host from DB Instance.objects.filter(compute=compute).exclude(name__in=domain_names).delete() # Create instances that're on host but not in DB names = Instance.objects.filter(compute=compute).values_list('name', flat=True) for domain in domains: if domain.name() not in names: Instance(compute=compute, name=domain.name(), uuid=domain.UUIDString()).save()