[one-users] storage creation

[Daniel Molina]

On 16 June 2011 18:18, Michaël Van de Borne <michael.vandeborne at cetic.be> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> yes this helps.
>
> Is there any chance to create an empty OS type image, so that I can boot on
> it (with kickstart)?
>

You can create a DATABLOCK image and after installing the system you
can use the save_as command:

* saveas (Set the specified vms disk to be saved in a new image (image_name)
            when the vm shuts down)
    onevm saveas <vm_id> <disk_id> <image_name>

         (Set a different type for the new Image)
    onevm saveas <vm_id> <disk_id> <image_name> -t/--type <type>

Remember to set the Image type (OS)

Regards

> thanks,
>
> michaël
>
>
> Michaël Van de Borne
> R&D Engineer, SOA team, CETIC
> Phone: +32 (0)71 49 07 45 Mobile: +32 (0)472 69 57 16, Skype: mikemowgli
> www.cetic.be, rue des Frères Wright, 29/3, B-6041 Charleroi
>
>
> Le 16/06/11 12:03, Daniel Molina a écrit :
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 10 June 2011 10:46, Michaël Van de Borne<michael.vandeborne at cetic.be>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> It seems that is a storage element has to be used on the cloud, it has to
>>> be
>>> created prior, and then uploaded to the cloud.
>>> As I'd like to use empty storage elements (and fill them later on), I'd
>>> like
>>> to know how I could create (via CLI or OCCI) a storage volume in the
>>> cloud,
>>> without having to uploading it.
>>>
>> You can define a DATABLOCK image that will create an empty disk, you
>> should make it persistent in order to keep your changes.
>>
>> Using the CLI:
>> $ oneimage create datablock.template
>> $ cat datablock.template
>> NAME              = "Experiment results"
>> TYPE               = DATABLOCK
>> # No PATH set, this image will start as a new empty disk
>> SIZE               = 2048
>> FSTYPE         = ext3
>> PUBLIC           = NO
>> PERSISTENT  = YES
>> DESCRIPTION = "Storage for my Thesis experiments."
>>
>> Using OCCI:
>> $ occi-storage create datablock.xml
>> $ cat datablock.xml
>>     <STORAGE>
>>         <NAME>Experiment results</NAME>
>>         <DESCRIPTION>Storage for my Thesis experiments.</DESCRIPTION>
>>         <TYPE>DATABLOCK</TYPE>
>>         <SIZE>2048</SIZE>
>>         <FSTYPE>ext3</FSTYPE>
>>         <PUBLIC>NO</PUBLIC>
>>         <PERSISTENT>YES</PERSITENT>
>>     </STORAGE>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> thank you,
>>>
>>> michaël
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Michaël Van de Borne
>>> R&D Engineer, SOA team, CETIC
>>> Phone: +32 (0)71 49 07 45 Mobile: +32 (0)472 69 57 16, Skype: mikemowgli
>>> www.cetic.be, rue des Frères Wright, 29/3, B-6041 Charleroi
>>>
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>>
>>
>



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