[opensuse-virtual] howto change virtual machine creation defaults
Hello, I want to change the defaults when a new vm is created. ie now the default hd is a raw image that is fully allocated when you create a vm. I would like to change it to qcow2 sparse image. Does anybody know how to do this or where to find documentation for this ? Regards Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
Rob Verduijn wrote:
Hello,
I want to change the defaults when a new vm is created. ie now the default hd is a raw image that is fully allocated when you create a vm. I would like to change it to qcow2 sparse image. Does anybody know how to do this or where to find documentation for this ?
See /etc/default/vm-install Regards, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
Hello, I've checked the /etc/default/vm-install settings, it takes care of the qcow2 format, but it's rather limited for the other options (spares, qxl, spice, etc etc), or are there more options than the ones commented out in that file ? Rob 2013/6/12 Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>:
Rob Verduijn wrote:
Hello,
I want to change the defaults when a new vm is created. ie now the default hd is a raw image that is fully allocated when you create a vm. I would like to change it to qcow2 sparse image. Does anybody know how to do this or where to find documentation for this ?
See /etc/default/vm-install
Regards, Jim
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On Tuesday 18 June 2013 13.28:35 Rob Verduijn wrote:
Hello,
I've checked the /etc/default/vm-install settings, it takes care of the qcow2 format, but it's rather limited for the other options (spares, qxl, spice, etc etc), or are there more options than the ones commented out in that file ?
Rob
2013/6/12 Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>:
Rob Verduijn wrote:
Hello,
I want to change the defaults when a new vm is created. ie now the default hd is a raw image that is fully allocated when you create a vm. I would like to change it to qcow2 sparse image. Does anybody know how to do this or where to find documentation for this ?
See /etc/default/vm-install
Regards, Jim
Rod did you check the man page of vm-install there's several option you could have. I'm thinking especially about the --vm-settings FILE An XML file describing the VM's settings. Subsequent command-line arguments will override settings from the XML, which allows the XML to be treated as a template. So you could prepare the template, then adjust exactly what you need for create a "specific templated" vm. -- Bruno Friedmann Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch openSUSE Member & Ambassador GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 irc: tigerfoot -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org
Hi, I didn't know about that option. It's a more elegant solution than the huge one liner script, but it's still scripting. (not that I mind that) But my goal was getting other defaults in the gui. I'm not to bad with scripting virt-install, I've managed to create a script that sets up a virtual class room environment with a server that contains the installation repos (automatically updating), dns dhcp, pxe boot, and several test machines without the need of a single keystroke. (I got a little carried away on that one, but it was a nice exercise :-P ) I guess I'm stuck with editing scripts or xml files. Rob 2013/6/18 Bruno Friedmann <bruno@ioda-net.ch>:
On Tuesday 18 June 2013 13.28:35 Rob Verduijn wrote:
Hello,
I've checked the /etc/default/vm-install settings, it takes care of the qcow2 format, but it's rather limited for the other options (spares, qxl, spice, etc etc), or are there more options than the ones commented out in that file ?
Rob
2013/6/12 Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>:
Rob Verduijn wrote:
Hello,
I want to change the defaults when a new vm is created. ie now the default hd is a raw image that is fully allocated when you create a vm. I would like to change it to qcow2 sparse image. Does anybody know how to do this or where to find documentation for this ?
See /etc/default/vm-install
Regards, Jim
Rod did you check the man page of vm-install there's several option you could have. I'm thinking especially about the --vm-settings FILE An XML file describing the VM's settings. Subsequent command-line arguments will override settings from the XML, which allows the XML to be treated as a template.
So you could prepare the template, then adjust exactly what you need for create a "specific templated" vm.
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Bruno Friedmann Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch
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