On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Joshua M. Clulow <[email protected]> wrote:
> The way we presently support this is by first creating an image from > an existing instance, and then creating a new instance from the image. > Thank you! That's the most succinct and clear explanation I've found. > You can look at the imgadm(1M) manual page for more information, > either on your system, or online: > > https://smartos.org/man/1M/imgadm > > (In particular, see "imgadm create".) As seems often the case, the info is there already, just not immediately clear to me, and not easily found with web searches. Thank you again. > > > vmadm delete UUID/alias - would prefer it prompt first w/ more info, use > -y to bypass, something like: > > "Delete (brand) zone UUID, AKA AliasName? Parent image UUID, Parent > Image Name (y/n)" > > If we were going to support something like this, or other features > like the ability to use an alias in place of an instance UUID, it > would have to be off by default. The "vmadm" command is an interface > about which we make strong promises of stability, as other software > depends on its precise behaviour. > Understood, and rather expected. > -- > Joshua M. Clulow > UNIX Admin/Developer > http://blog.sysmgr.org > > ------------------------------------------- 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
