Sorry, Robert - I replied directly rather than to the group... I'm trying to create the custom image as Robert suggests. However, I haven't been able to find better details documented. In the link above, this is all it says about custom KVM images:
Creating a Custom KVM Image The process of creating a KVM image looks like this: 1. Create and customize a KVM instance as you wish 2. Purge and ready the instance 3. Halt the VM: *vmadm stop <UUID>* 4. Snapshot the disk0 ZVol: *zfs snapshot zones/<UUID>-disk0@image* 5. Dump & Compress the dataset: *zfs send zones/<UUID>-disk0@image | gzip > image_name.zvol.gz* You can now import the image locally via imgadm or transfer it to an image server. What does Item #2 mean? It might as well say "and then a miracle happens..." :-)) Anyway, nothing I've tried is working, so if someone has a step-by-step they can share on how to take an existing KVM and turn it into an image to make new KVM instances from, I'd greatly appreciate it. Or maybe just tell me what Purge and Ready the instance means. Thanks! On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Mark Creamer <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to create the custom image as Robert suggests. However, I > haven't been able to find better details documented. In the link above, > this is all it says about custom KVM images: > > Creating a Custom KVM Image > > The process of creating a KVM image looks like this: > > 1. Create and customize a KVM instance as you wish > 2. Purge and ready the instance > 3. Halt the VM: *vmadm stop <UUID>* > 4. Snapshot the disk0 ZVol: *zfs snapshot zones/<UUID>-disk0@image* > 5. Dump & Compress the dataset: *zfs send zones/<UUID>-disk0@image | > gzip > image_name.zvol.gz* > > You can now import the image locally via imgadm or transfer it to an image > server. > > > What does Item #2 mean? It might as well say "and then a miracle > happens..." :-)) > > > Anyway, nothing I've tried is working, so if someone has a step-by-step > they can share on how to take an existing KVM and turn it into an image to > make new KVM instances from, I'd greatly appreciate it. Or maybe just tell > me what Purge and Ready the instance means. > > > Thanks! > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 09/25/2014 06:25 AM, Mark Creamer via smartos-discuss wrote: >> > Hi, I have a KVM that my team wants to clone so it's easy for them to >> turn >> > it into a development instance of the original. >> > >> > I used the procedure on moving a KVM VM to another host, but of course >> it >> > still has the same UUID as the original. I have already changed other >> > parameters like the IP, host and alias names, etc. I wanted to check >> first >> > to see what the right way to assign it a new UUID so it's different from >> > the original, keeping in mind that the zfs file system is also named the >> > same as the original. >> >> Generally the process that folks go down here is to transform this into >> an image. For more information, start here: >> http://wiki.smartos.org/display/DOC/Managing+Images and if you have >> additional questions, I'm sure that the folks on the list can help, >> plenty have made custom images before. >> >> Robert >> > > > > -- > Mark > -- Mark ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
