[ovirt-users] template mystery

[Michal Skrivanek]

> On 18 Apr 2016, at 14:43, Campbell McLeay <campbell.mcleay at framestore.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Fred,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> Possibly, but where would I check? I'm logged in to ovirt web GUI as
> the admin user - is there something that sets permissions on templates
> that I am not seeing perhaps?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Campbell
> 
> On 18 April 2016 at 13:27, Fred Rolland <frolland at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Hi Cam,
>> 
>> Could it be a permission issue ?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Fred
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Campbell McLeay
>> <campbell.mcleay at framestore.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I've got 4 VMs on a 3.6 cluster, and they are listed as based on a
>>> template called 'sl6-workstation', yet I cannot find this template
>>> anywhere listed in the templates tab or tree. When I go to create a
>>> new VM, it gives me the option in the template section to use:
>>> 
>>> sl6-workstation(1)
>>> 
>>> or
>>> 
>>> sl6-workstation(latest)

they are the same, until you start creating template subversions of that base sl6-workstation one. It makes sense only for stateless pool VMs to use (latest) version, as it keeps moving with the template’s updates then.

>>> 
>>> I'm not sure what the difference between these two are, but I'm
>>> curious why it doesn't give me the option of not to use a template. It
>>> will even be the only option if I select FreeBSD or some other non-sl6
>>> OS.

do you mean there’s no Blank? Blank is a sort-of-a-template stub with defaults representing an “empty” VM


Thanks,
michal

>>> 
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Cam
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