you want all the vms in the same disk? you can move the default vm directory.
or that doesn't work? On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Yiyu Jia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alvaro, > > Thanks a lot for response and helps! > > I checked just now. Vagrant does not use command "VBoxManage createvm" to > create new VMs. Instead, it use Import command to import vm from ovf file > (box). So, that "--basefolder" looks like not helpful. > > Then, I searched the options for "vboxmanage import" command and that > options should allow us specify where the images file can be put. But, no > lucky so far. > > thanks, > > Yiyu > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> if moving the default folder is something that will work for you, then >> the best will be you do it at virtualbox for the moment, and every new >> machine will go there >> >> if your requirement is to be able to select per virtual machine where to >> put the vm, this is done already in vmware from what i understand, and are >> a couple of tickets/issues open on github for this >> >> i will test over the weekend the command you have shared,, i wasnt aware >> of that one and seems it may do the trick >> >> i will report back after i test >> >> thanks >> alvaro >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Yiyu Jia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> No others think it is useful for Vagrant to support provider having >>> parameter about folders, where vm images files are created and loaded? >>> >>> I ask in case I am stuck in a use case, which is not meaningful. My use >>> case is that I want to put vm images into different partition on the disk. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Yiyu Jia <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Alvaro, >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot for response! It will be nice if Vagrant can support the >>>> feature that allow us specify the image location. But, sounds it depends on >>>> provider's features as well. >>>> >>>> it looks that VirtualBox support options "--basefolder" ( >>>> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-createvm) . Is >>>> this options supported in Vagrant? >>>> >>>> Yiyu >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Vagrant will use the default location for each provider, so the fix >>>>> will be per provider. >>>>> >>>>> For Virtualbox, you can change that location on the gui/preferences >>>>> and any new VM will be created there. >>>>> >>>>> For Vmware, I have read that there is a parameter you can use to >>>>> specify the directory where the disks are going, and I will assume you can >>>>> also edit the the default vm location. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> Alvaro. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Yiyu Jia <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, I know we can got o VirtualBox Manager and click "File -> >>>>>> Preference -> General" to change the default machine folder. >>>>>> >>>>>> But, do we have provider options that allow us to specify different >>>>>> VM to different folder inside one VagrantFile ? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:59:42 PM UTC-4, Yiyu Jia wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I had Vagrant and VirtualBox installed on my CentOS 6.5 PC server. I >>>>>>> find that the vm image file is always put under folder ./root/VirtualBox >>>>>>> VMs/ . >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Will anyone please share with me how to make Vagrant to put new >>>>>>> launched vm image files under a specified folder? I have this question >>>>>>> because I have multiple lvm on my machine and the default folder is >>>>>>> under a >>>>>>> lvm partition whose size is very small. 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