[ovirt-users] Re: Creating VMs from templates with their own disks

Ok thanks Sounds odd but no problem How do I make the new VM use its own disk, named after itself? On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 at 19:45, Alex McWhirter <alex(a)triadic.us&gt; wrote: > On 2021-11-17 12:02, notify.sina(a)gmail.com wrote: >> Hi All >> >> Im very stumped on how to create VMs from templates I've made, but >> having them installed with their own disks. >> Please can some one guide me on how to do this? >> I have Ovirt running, with local storage hypervisors. >> >> Anytime I try to use a template, the vm is created and booted with the >> template's disk. >> I would especially appreciate how to do this with ansible. >> Im trying to automate CentOS and Ubuntu VMs. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/OX5MWWMYAW4... > > When you make a VM from a template there are two possibilities. > > If the VM type is set to desktop, a qcow overlay is created against the > template's disk images. Any changes made in the VM are stored in the > overlay.. > > If the VM type is set to server the template's disks are copied to a new > disk, it will have the same name as the template disk, but it is in fact > a new disk with the template data copied over. -- Sent from MetroMail