On 01.06.12 17:40, Itamar Heim wrote: > On 05/25/2012 05:47 PM, Nathanaël Blanchet wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I'm using this hook script : > >http://gerrit.ovirt.org/gitweb?p=vdsm.git;a=blob;f=vdsm_hooks/vmdisk/before_vm_start.py;h=191d5c1af533e11d699b1d715d3c1ea60e28b787;hb=6817f1c6e3f5bc137d1f3bef45a2d0191465c7a3 > >My goal is to boot a vm on a vm image imported form libvirt/kvm. I want > >to use this single image, that is to say without importing it into ovirt > >with tools like v2v. > >acathrow told me on irc that I'd have to change the boot order in the > >xml, but I don't know how to proceed for many reasons: > > > > * I can't create a vm through the UI which would boot on the disk > > created by the hook script without first creating a disk on the > > relevant storage domain. If I try I have those warnings : > > > > hook: Cannot run VM without at least one bootable disk. > > Alternatives: > > -Create a disk for this VM, and rerun the VM. > > -Change the boot sequence using the Edit VM command (Boot Option > > Sub-Tab). > > -Use the Run-Once command to select a different boot option and > > rerun the VM. > > * If I run a vm with the first disk from the storage domain and an > > additional disk from the hook script, how could I change the boot > > order in the xml definition file if I don't know the xml definition > > of the main disk? > > > > > >thanks all for your help > > 1. i guess you can change the script to fix the boot order. > 2. you can create a VM with a disk the same size, and just copy your > converted disk over it (cp for nfs, dd for iscsi), instead of using > the hook. Today you cannot do that because the hook didn't designed to do that. By modifying the hook you can add a <boot order='1'/> to the disk and change the other device boot order to higher number.
Take a look at this links: http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsDisks http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsNICSBoot and look for the string 'boot order' _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
