Re: [Users] Unable to import template across DC

On 03/12/2012 11:05 AM, Deepak C Shetty wrote: > Hi, > I have 2 DC's, nfs based and localfs based. > > On the nfs dc: > 1) I created a nfs export domain, and exported the VM template ( > precreated) to my nfs export domain > > 2) I detached the export domain from nfs dc > > On the localfs dc: > 1) I attached the export domain to the localfs dc > > 2) When i select export-domain on the Storage tab, under Details -> > template-import, i see the > template, but i don't see any option of import there. Basically cannot > import the template. > > 3) When i go to Template tab, the template is seen, but under Cluster > column, it still shows > the nfs-cluster to which it belongs, not to the localfs cluster. When i > try to edit the template, > it does not allow me to select the DC, its disabled/greyed and stays as > nfs-dc. So even if the template > is seen under localfs dc, i cannot use it to create a VM > > 4) When i try to create a new server / desktop VM, only when i select > nfsdc, i get the option of selecting my template, if i select localfs > dc, my template is not seen in the drop down box > > So unable to use the template to create a new VM in the destination dc. you can't import the template to same engine more today. you need this implemented first to support re-importing same tempalte and creating new identifiers for the entities. http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/ImportMoreThanOnce workarounds until then (involve more IO): the image-uploader has logic to do this as well, may worth looking at you can also create a VM from the template, create a new template from it, then export, delete, import.

yes, ugly, hence the feature page above to fix it. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users