Re: Enable virtio for Ubuntu 13.04 template?

2013-10-09 Thread Kirk Kosinski
Hi, yes, the OS Type also determines the network controller configured for VMs. The quote from the docs is a general recommendation. For Ubuntu VMs on KVM hypervisors it should usually be fine to use an OS Type for a previous version. Best regards, Kirk On 10/09/2013 02:03 AM, Indra Pramana wr

Re: Enable virtio for Ubuntu 13.04 template?

2013-10-09 Thread Indra Pramana
Hi Kirk, Good day to you, and thank you for your e-mail reply. Can I confirm that the OS type determines the network controller as well? I read from CloudStack documentation that it's not advisable to use a lower version of the OS if the actual version is not available? http://cloudstack.apache

Re: Enable virtio for Ubuntu 13.04 template?

2013-10-09 Thread Kirk Kosinski
The OS Type determines the disk controller, so use the "Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit)" OS Type instead. Best regards, Kirk On 10/09/2013 01:19 AM, Indra Pramana wrote: > Dear all, > > I setup Ubuntu VMs using virtio driver for network and disk for faster > performance, and saved them as templates. > >

Enable virtio for Ubuntu 13.04 template?

2013-10-09 Thread Indra Pramana
Dear all, I setup Ubuntu VMs using virtio driver for network and disk for faster performance, and saved them as templates. For Ubuntu 12.04, I saved the template using "Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit)" OS type and any new VMs being created based on that template will retain the virtio driver settings, no i