Re: [Users] template source always "Blank"

On 12/09/2012 07:28 PM, Jim Kinney wrote: > Greetings, > > I've built several new templates from the blank template and a ISO > install of various OS's. However, when I built a new VM using the new > template(s), the new VM still says it's based from the blank template. I > expected it to say it was from the "template-foo" U specified. The VM is > correctly built from the template so I think it's a generation/database > issue. > > I'm guessing you used 'clone' (default for new server) rather than 'thinly provisioned' (default for new desktop). clone means the template disk is copied/cloned for better performance, rather than COW (less space). when the disk is cloned, there is no longer a relation to the original template at storage level. > -- > -- > James P. Kinney III > //// > ////Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What > > you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on > his own tail. It won't fatten the dog. > - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain > //// > http://electjimkinney.org > http://heretothereideas.**blogspot.com/<http://heretothereideas.blogsp... > //// > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.ovirt.org... > >