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<div>My first experience with this situation using oVirt.</div>
<div>I do come from using VMWare and have been also been using oVirt for several years.</div>
<div>We've also paid for RHEV, but migration is held up at the moment. I am trying to prepare for that.</div>
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<div>My problem is how it does not appear to be so simple to utilize the VM disks. In VMWare it is so simple. Snapshot or not, in vSphere I can take the virtual disk file and use it for another VM when needed. It doesn't make sense to me in oVirt. I have another
entry here about my issue that lead to this need, where I am not able to delete snapshot files for those disks I was attempting to live migrate and there was an issue... Now, the empty snapshot files are preventing some VMs from starting. It seems I should
be able to take the VM disk files, without the snapshots, and use them with another VM. But, that does not appear possible from what I can tell in oVirt.</div>
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<div>I desperately need to get one specific VM going. The other two, no worries. I was able to restore from backup, one of the effected VMs. The third is not important at all and can easily by re-created.</div>
<div>Is anyone experienced with taking VM disks from one and using them (without snapshots) with another VM? I could really use some sort of workaround.</div>
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<div>Thanks if anyone can come up with a good answer that would help.</div>
<div>-Robert L.<br>
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