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
>
>



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