Comments inline. On 20-Dec-2013, at 3:46 am, jason pavao <[email protected]> wrote:
> Update- > Vm's instantiated from template set with Virtio disk/nic actually do not > carry those configuration settings from template to instance. Jason, can you share the “virsh dumpxml” output of your VM? > How do I maintain my virtio disk/nic settings from template to instances? For CentOS/Ubuntu templates, the disk and network settings are VirtIO devices on KVM. > > Appreciate the advice. > Thanks > -jason > > Hey Folks, > Is there a way to change the default virtual machine settings? IE- nic/disk > type/bus/etc. so that they can be set to virtio or other values? Is there a > way to change these default settings? > If so, where would I make this change? > > I'm not seeing this documented anywhere and the workaround i've sorted out is > to create a custom vm with all the virtual hardware set as I like it, ie- > virtio for disk/nic improved performance, qcow2 for thin disks; and then > upload the template into cloudstack. > > From what I can see CS sticks with whatever settings were set from the > template which is good for me. But this seems like alot of extra work to > create a template externally to CS. > > There must be a way to define how CS creates my initial vms? > > Any help would be appreciated! > > Thanks > -jason > > > PS- for those of you who have suffered trying to figure out the virtio > drivers, the vm's virtual hardware must be configured as virtio devices in > order for the drivers to load. > > > > -- @shankerbalan M: +91 98860 60539 | O: +91 (80) 67935867 [email protected] | www.shapeblue.com | Twitter:@shapeblue ShapeBlue Services India LLP, 22nd floor, Unit 2201A, World Trade Centre, Bangalore - 560 055 Need Enterprise Grade Support for Apache CloudStack? Our CloudStack Infrastructure Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> offers the best 24/7 SLA for CloudStack Environments. Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses **NEW!** CloudStack 4.2 training<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 08/09 January 2014, London<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 13-17 January 2014, GLOBAL. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 20-24 January 2014, GLOBAL. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
