On 01/18/2016 03:39 PM, Algirdas Žemaitis wrote: > Hello, > > > > It seems ovirt API lacks of possibility to define storage domain, in > which cloned vm (from snapshot) will be created, is it done on purpose, > or it is just missing/under development ? > > > > Scenario using WEB GUI : > > Create snapshot of any running VM, right-click on snapshot, select “clone” > > In pop-up window you can enter new VM name etc, under “resource > allocation” section **you can select where it will be created** > > > > > > Scenario using python-sdk/ovirt-api > > > > I was trying to create vm for example like this: > > ## > > vm_params = params.VM(name=vm_from_list + '__bak', > cluster=api.clusters.get("Default"), > storage_domain=api.storagedomains.get("temp"), memory=vm.get_memory(), > snapshots=snapshots_param) > > api.vms.add(vm_params) > > ## > > # temp is „other“ storage domain, NFS v3 > > VM will be still created on same storage as original VM, no matter what > domain I will define in params... > > Also tried other variations, using templates, disk profiles and so on, > but nothing has changed where new VM is created. > > > > I know cloning is not intended for backup purpose, but it is workaround > probably half of Ovirt users use. > > In my case, it is not very smart to do snapshot and create VM (allocate > disk space, etc) on same storage domain where there is already running a > lot of VMs, environment is already busy. > > > > Thanks ! >
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