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new 5e68ff7 vm: note on vmware disk controllers (#314)
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commit 5e68ff7acdc99947416c6f2856946f2ff7f575fd
Author: Abhishek Kumar <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed May 31 19:30:01 2023 +0530
vm: note on vmware disk controllers (#314)
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Kumar <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: dahn <[email protected]>
---
source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst
b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst
index 76a12da..3c37641 100644
--- a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst
+++ b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst
@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ To create a VM from a template:
functions such as mounting additional volumes and ISO images,
live migration, and graceful shutdown.
+ **VMware**
+
+ If the rootDiskController and dataDiskController are not specified for an
instance using instance details and
+ these are set to use osdefault in the template or the global configuration,
then CloudStack tries to find the
+ recommended disk controllers for it using guest OS from the hypervisor. In
some specific cases, it may create
+ issues with the instance deployment or start operation. To overcome this, a
specific disk controller can be
+ specified at the instance or template level. For an existing instance its
settings can be updated while it is in
+ stopped state by admin.
+
Install Required Tools and Drivers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
