that's good input, I will look at the guide. thanks On 02/21/2013 06:00 PM, Juan Jose wrote: > Many thanks for your information Dafna. Quick Start Guide doesn't > explain nothing about this and I have follewed it to create the two > VM, Fedora 17 and Windows 7, that I'm using to create Templates and > when I have arrived to this part I have found this problem. Now I know > what is the procedure > > Juanjo. > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Dafna Ron <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Juan, > > I see what the issue is and it's actually by design. > The template you created has a Preallocated image. > in NFS, to make a preallocated image we actually write to the disk to > make it preallocated. > > as you can see, I created a vm with preallocated disk in NFS and if I > run DU during the creation of the image you can see the size go up: > > 2.4G . > [root@orion f1a6a2e7-38f1-4a7c-8f3b-efbca664d7aa]# du -h > 2.5G . > [root@orion f1a6a2e7-38f1-4a7c-8f3b-efbca664d7aa]# du -h > 2.6G . > [root@orion f1a6a2e7-38f1-4a7c-8f3b-efbca664d7aa]# > > > so in NFS storage, if your template is preallocated you cannot > create a > thin provision copy vm (distinguishing between the actual data and > previously zeroed will be complicated). > you can create a snapshot of that image which will be thin > provision but > it will be linked to the template. > or you can create a thin provision template and than create a thin > provision vm or preallocated vm. > > Dafna > > > > On 02/21/2013 01:56 PM, Juan Jose wrote: > > Hello Dafna, > > > > I hope that this two screenshots provides this information. > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Dafna Ron <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > Can you please tell me what disk type you have on the > template and > > send > > a screen shot of the Resource Allocation tab to the > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> list? > > > > > > On 02/21/2013 09:43 AM, Juan Jose wrote: > > > Hello Dafna, > > > > > > Yes, I have already selected the Clone radio button as the > Start > > Guide > > > shows and the Thin Provision doesn't appears. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Dafna Ron > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote: > > > > > > ok. so you have 1 NFS data domain which has a template > on it > > and when > > > you are trying to create a new vm you only have > preallocated > > disk > > > type. > > > > > > when you open the new vm dialogue, after you select the > > template, > > > in the > > > Resource allocation tab you need to select the clone radio > > button (its > > > near the Template Provisioning). > > > once you do that, the allocation policy scroll will become > > active and > > > you will be able to select thin or preallocated. > > > > > > let me know if after you select the clone you still > only have > > > preallocated. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 02/20/2013 06:09 PM, Juan Jose wrote: > > > > Hello Dafna, > > > > > > > > Are you want to say one NFS domain?, I have one for VM > > aand one > > > isos. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Dafna Ron > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > do you have more than one domain? > > > > > > > > > > > > On 02/20/2013 05:38 PM, Juan Jose wrote: > > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > > > > > > > I'm following the Quick Start Guide to clone a > > machine from a > > > > Template > > > > > that it's already created. As thi guide says it's > > necessary to > > > > select > > > > > in Allocation tab from Resource Allocation, Thin > > > Provision. When > > > > I try > > > > > to do this and down the select field it doesn't > > appear this > > > > option, I > > > > > only can see Preallocated. I have oVirt engine > 3.1. Can > > > somebody > > > > give > > > > > some light why I haven't this option in my > webadmin? > > > > > > > > > > Many thanks in avanced, > > > > > > > > > > Juanjo. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Users mailing list > > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Dafna Ron > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Users mailing list > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Dafna Ron > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Dafna Ron > > > > > > > -- > Dafna Ron > >
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