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Posted to users@cloudstack.apache.org by li jerry <di...@hotmail.com> on 2019/12/10 09:43:18 UTC
VM from ISO cannot execute restoreVirtualMachine
Hello All
When I analyzed the restoreVirtualMachine API, I found that If the VM is from ISO, newTemplate can only be ISO when executing restoreVirtualMachine.
Why do we have such a design?
From our application scenarios (I think most of them are the same), the VM created by the user through ISO may need to be reinstalled through template later.
-Jerry
Re: VM from ISO cannot execute restoreVirtualMachine
Posted by Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>.
File a GitHub issue/request for improvement Li...
On Fri, 13 Dec 2019, 14:48 Riepl, Gregor (SWISS TXT), <
Gregor.Riepl@swisstxt.ch> wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> I think this is because of the way a VM is tied to its root disk, and how
> a root disk is chained to its template.
> VMs created from ISO do not have such a chain.
>
> Technically, it shouldn't be an issue to swap out the root disk entirely,
> though...
>
> Regards,
> Gregor
> ________________________________
> From: li jerry <di...@hotmail.com>
> Sent: 10 December 2019 10:43
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>;
> users@cloudstack.apache.org <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: VM from ISO cannot execute restoreVirtualMachine
>
> Hello All
> When I analyzed the restoreVirtualMachine API, I found that If the VM is
> from ISO, newTemplate can only be ISO when executing restoreVirtualMachine.
>
> Why do we have such a design?
>
> From our application scenarios (I think most of them are the same), the VM
> created by the user through ISO may need to be reinstalled through template
> later.
>
>
>
> -Jerry
>
>
Re: VM from ISO cannot execute restoreVirtualMachine
Posted by "Riepl, Gregor (SWISS TXT)" <Gr...@swisstxt.ch>.
Hi Jerry,
I think this is because of the way a VM is tied to its root disk, and how a root disk is chained to its template.
VMs created from ISO do not have such a chain.
Technically, it shouldn't be an issue to swap out the root disk entirely, though...
Regards,
Gregor
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From: li jerry <di...@hotmail.com>
Sent: 10 December 2019 10:43
To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>; users@cloudstack.apache.org <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: VM from ISO cannot execute restoreVirtualMachine
Hello All
When I analyzed the restoreVirtualMachine API, I found that If the VM is from ISO, newTemplate can only be ISO when executing restoreVirtualMachine.
Why do we have such a design?
From our application scenarios (I think most of them are the same), the VM created by the user through ISO may need to be reinstalled through template later.
-Jerry