Hari I would like to comment on two open questions:
- If a VM is created as a linked clone, there is no need to make it non-linked clone afterwards (or vice-versa) - similarly, if upgrading from 4.0 to 4.1, VMs created in 4.0 (linked clones) dont need to be allowed to become non-linked clones We can convert the existing link clone to full clone - by full cloning the VM. Why would not you want that ability? I actually would very much prefer that option - as I have to guarantee disk reliability of that VM. The way I envision this, if the host needs to be promoted to a production, to add an extra layer of safety on disk level - would prefer that ability. Conceptually, to achieve this we can use vmware APIs to migrate and instead of migrating - just making it thin/thick. Just like you can do so in VmWare now. Alternatively, we can initate a shutdown command and do the same task in cold state. Thoughts? Thanks ilya -----Original Message----- From: Hari Kannan [mailto:hari.kan...@citrix.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:09 PM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: Functional Specification for Full clone support for CS VMWare deployments I also added a couple of questions here https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Configurable+setting+to+use+linked+clones+or+not+on+VMware -----Original Message----- From: Animesh Chaturvedi [mailto:animesh.chaturv...@citrix.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:00 AM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: Functional Specification for Full clone support for CS VMWare deployments Vijay do you have any updates to share with community? Folks please provide your comments. Animesh > -----Original Message----- > From: Vijayendra Bhamidipati > [mailto:vijayendra.bhamidip...@citrix.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 5:39 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Functional Specification for Full clone support for CS VMWare > deployments > > Please find the FS for the full clone support feature for vmware > deployments in cloudstack at: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Provide+full+cl > o > ne+support+for+guest+VMs+on+VMWare+deployments+in+Cloudstack > > Please note that the FS will be updated in the near future with more details. > Please do provide comments/suggestions/pointers if you have any, that > would always be helpful. > > Thanks, > Regards, > Vijay >
