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<span class="">Hi Gianluca,<br>
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thank you for the feedback with the templates.<br>
I will take a look into it.<br>
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Best regards<br>
Christoph<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 09.02.2017 um 21:12 schrieb Gianluca
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Hi Gianluca,<br>
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I tried to clone the VM but it does not help.
It is still thin allocation.<br>
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Best regards<br>
Christoph
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<div class="gmail_extra">Hi,</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">I referred to this information
for the clone of VM scenario:</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">that contains:</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">>What happens if you clone
a source VM which is using "thin" ?</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">The VM cloned from a thin
templated base VM will be created with a full</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">copy of the disk (as in
"Clone" when creating from template)</div>
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<div>but I have not tried myself recently with 4.0/4.1
versions<br>
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<div>Instead I did test some days ago with 4.0.6 this
scenario below as I wanted to convert a source thin
provisioned VM to a preallocated template:</div>
<div>VM is powered on</div>
<div>create a snapshot of the VM</div>
<div>select the snapshot line and select clone</div>
<div>in resource allocation section of the new vm
screen change allocation policy for the desired
disk/s from thin provision to preallocated</div>
<div>Then you can decommission old VM and use the
cloned one</div>
<div>Verified today in 4.1 too.<br>
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<div>Or from the snapshot line you can also "make
template" if you plan to use it as a base for more
VMs.</div>
<div>But in this case (tested in 4.1) your options are
shown in a "Format" column, not "Allocation Policy"
column; and you can choose between QCOW2 (that
should be thin) and Raw (that should be
preallocated).</div>
<div>See my screenshot:</div>
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<div>Probably it should be made consistent and show
"Allocation Policy" instead and related values?</div>
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<div>Hi,<br>
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<div>I just tested this on 4.1:<br>
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<div>- take a VM with a thin provisioned disk<br>
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<div>How to see allocation policy?<br>
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<div>It seems suboptimal for me: I would expect to see this
kind of information in disks sub pane of the vm.<br>
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<div>Instead I have to select snaphsots sub pane, then for
example the "Current' line, and at the right side sub pane
in disks tab I see "Allocation Policy" - thin provision<br>
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<div>- make a clone of it in a new VM<br>
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<div>In the same sub pane for the new VM I see
preallocated.... so it seems to work as I read<br>
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<div>This is on FC-SAN. What kind of storage is yours?<br>
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