[ovirt-users] Re: Storage Domains for a VM from Template

Thanks Arik, I am interested in the Thin approach. Is it not possible to create it on another storage domain ? Even with API ? I read here http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/4.4/#services/vms *When creating a virtual machine from a template or from a snapshot it is usually useful to explicitly indicate in what storage domain to create the disks for the virtual machine. If the virtual machine is created from a template then this is achieved passing a set of disk_attachment elements that indicate the mapping:*

Thanks, Shantur On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:19 AM Arik Hadas <ahadas(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 12:55 PM Shantur Rathore < > shantur.rathore(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have multiple storage domains in my DC. One is backed up that has >> templates and another one which isn't backed up and I want to use it for VM >> instances of the template. >> >> I cannot find an option to create the VM from a template and use a >> storage domain other than where the template is stored. >> >> Is it even possible? >> > > Assuming you're asking about the administration portal, it depends on the > selected allocation policy (which you can find in the Resource Allocation > tab of the add-VM dialog): > - If it is set to 'Clone' then you can select any other storage domain > that is available in the DC to clone the template's disk to > - If it is set to 'Thin' then a VM disk must reside on a storage domain > that contains the template's disk it is based on. You can copy the > template's disk(s) to another storage domain if you want a VM disk to be > created there > > >> >> Thanks, >> Shantur >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org >> Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html >> oVirt Code of Conduct: >> https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ >> List Archives: >> https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/SKR6URQN7IH... >> >