--_000_CY1PR09MB02986AF1BA90BAD8F52448A087CE0CY1PR09MB0298namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My first experience with this situation using oVirt. I do come from using VMWare and have been also been using oVirt for several= years. We've also paid for RHEV, but migration is held up at the moment. I am tryi= ng to prepare for that. My problem is how it does not appear to be so simple to utilize the VM disk= s. In VMWare it is so simple. Snapshot or not, in vSphere I can take the vi= rtual disk file and use it for another VM when needed. It doesn't make sens= e to me in oVirt. I have another entry here about my issue that lead to th= is 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 snapsh= ot files are preventing some VMs from starting. It seems I should be able t= o 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. 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 n= ot important at all and can easily by re-created. 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. Thanks if anyone can come up with a good answer that would help. -Robert L. --_000_CY1PR09MB02986AF1BA90BAD8F52448A087CE0CY1PR09MB0298namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi= n-bottom:0;} --></style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font= -family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr"> <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 se= veral 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> <div><br> </div> <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 t= he 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 abl= e 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 som= e VMs from starting. It seems I should be able to take the VM disk files, without the snapshots, and use them wit= h another VM. But, that does not appear possible from what I can tell in oV= irt.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>I desperately need to get one specific VM going. The other two, no wor= ries. 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 (wi= thout snapshots) with another VM? I could really use some sort of workaroun= d.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Thanks if anyone can come up with a good answer that would help.</div> <div>-Robert L.<br> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_CY1PR09MB02986AF1BA90BAD8F52448A087CE0CY1PR09MB0298namp_--