No. I want to put vms on different disk. For example, suppose I have two hard disc (disc1 and disc2) in my PC server and I configure two vm (vm1 and vm2) in one VagrantFile, I want to put vm1 on disc1 and vm2 on disc2.
changing default VirtualBox will still put two vms under same directory. On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:55 AM, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera <[email protected] > wrote: > 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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