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<div style="direction:ltr">Right. I know about understand those features. The problem is that whenever I try them, they fail. Constant complaints about the snapshot. Which I am unable to delete.</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">How else can I work with the disk files?</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">I need something on a more advanced level.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Eyal Shenitzky <eshenitz@redhat.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:01:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Langley, Robert<br>
<b>Cc:</b> users@ovirt.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ovirt-users] Use of virtual disks</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Robert,
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<div>If I understand correctly you are trying to share disks between two VMs,</div>
<div>In Ovirt you can set a disk as sharable by editing the disk properties.</div>
<div>A shareable disk can be attached to multiple VMs.</div>
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<div>If you wish to detach a disk from one VM and attach it to another VM it is simple too,</div>
<div>select the VM that hold the relevant disk and detach the disk from it, you will find the detached disk under the 'disks' tab.</div>
<div>To attach the floating disk to another VM, select the desired VM, go to the disks tab and press 'attach'.</div>
<div>You will see all the floating disks that exist in the data-center.</div>
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<div>I hope it helped, please ask if you have more questions.</div>
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<div>For more information, you can visit at - </div>
<div><a href="https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Virtual_Machine_Disks/">https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Virtual_Machine_Disks/</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:16 AM, Langley, Robert <span dir="ltr">
<<a href="mailto:Robert.Langley@ventura.org" target="_blank">Robert.Langley@ventura.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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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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