On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 2:18 AM Tim Tuck <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm new to Ovirt coming from a OVM ( aka Xen ) environment and I'm > trying to work out how to do similar things. > > In my OVM environment I have VMs that are 100GB in size. These VMs are > templates that are used for running customer workshops so we create and > destroy them quite often. > > In OVM I can clone 10 x 100GB VM's in about 1 minute, the cloning > process just creates a "delta" VM rather than copying the entire 100GB. > Those VM's can then be run and the on-disk size of the delta VM grows as > it runs and deviates from the master. > > The same goes for templates, creating a 100GB VM from a template takes > only a few seconds. Creating a template from a VM only takes a few seconds. > > My problem is that I cant seem to do any of this using Ovirt. > > it appears that there is no way to tell the cloning process " I want 10" > like I can in OVM - am I missing something here?
That's definitely not my expertise, but I think most people in your position use "VM pools". Did you look into that? > > In my tests I find that even if a "snapshot" is made, the entire VM is > copied rather than creating a delta. > > Creating a VM from a template is no different in that it copies the > entire VM. Are you sure? Does this include the VM's disk(s)? IIRC from the few times I tried that, the clone VM uses the same disk, perhaps using a snapshot of it or something like that - as I said, that's not my expertise. This might depend, though, on storage type, options, etc. > > So... > > Is it possible for Ovirt to create multiple clones on request ? > > Can Ovirt do "delta" copies rather than copy the entire VM ? > > If Ovirt can do these things, how do I set it up to to do that ? > > Any help appreciated. > > thanks > > Tim > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C23QFIU6A65SKHQR7HATD4IXXVLQPILD/ -- Didi _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LNQG5ZD7U526JL3ZUPC2TNW5AY4XG4OO/
