[GitHub] [cloudstack-documentation] andrijapanicsb commented on a change in pull request #84: VM ingestion

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andrijapanicsb commented on a change in pull request #84:
URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/84#discussion_r428814809



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+About Importing VMs
+--------------------
+
+Unmanaged Virtual Machines
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+As of ACS 4.14, CloudStack has the concept of **unmanaged** virtual machines.  These are virtual machines that are on CloudStack
+managed hosts, but that are not in CloudStack's database and therefore CloudStack cannot control (manage) then in any way.  Previously,
+such VMs could exist, but CloudStack did not 'see' them (their existence *would* be reported in logs as unrecognised VMs).
+
+From ACS 4.14 onwards, CloudStack is able to list these VMs via the listUnmanagedInstances API command and then import (also known as ingest)
+those unmanaged VMs via the importUnmanagedInstance API so that they become CloudStack managed guest instances
+
+.. note:: This is currently only available for **vSphere** clusters.
+
+
+Use Cases and General Usage
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ability to import VMs allows Cloud operators (both public and private) on onboard new tenants simply and quickly,

Review comment:
       ```suggestion
   The ability to import VMs allows Cloud operators (both public and private) to onboard new tenants simply and quickly,
   ```




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