[one-users] How do you "save as" from sunstone 4.X?

[Carlos Martín Sánchez]

Ok, I've opened a ticket with your suggestion:
http://dev.opennebula.org/issues/2132

Thanks for your input.

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On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:46 AM, Shankhadeep Shome <shank15217 at gmail.com>wrote:

> How about this
>
> disk-snapshot vmid diskid img_name Sets the specified VM disk to be saved
> in a new Image. The image record in the open nebula database is created
> immediately however the contents are saved only after the VM is shut down
> gracefully (i.e., using 'onevm shutdown' and not 'onevm delete')
>
> If '--live' is specified, the contents of the image will be saved while the instance is active.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Carlos Martín Sánchez <
> cmartin at opennebula.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> About the saveas - disk-snapshot rename, those kind of things are
>> documented in the compatibility guide [1].
>>
>> Regarding the help message, the deferred disk snapshot creates an
>> OpenNebula Image, but that's only the internal resource. The disk contents
>> are not copied until the VM is shutdown, so it is not a hot snapshot (we
>> call those live snapshots). What would you change to make the message
>> clearer?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> [1]
>> http://opennebula.org/documentation:rel4.0:compatibility#command_line_interface
>>
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>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Shankhadeep Shome <shank15217 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> ok never mind, I noticed that deferred snapshot does the same thing
>>> however you may want to change the verbage in the definition.
>>>
>>> It says in onevm help
>>>
>>>
>>>    -
>>>
>>>    disk-snapshot vmid diskid img_name Sets the specified VM disk to be
>>>    saved in a new Image. The Image is created immediately, but the contents
>>>    are saved only if the VM is shut down gracefully (i.e., using 'onevm
>>>    shutdown' and not 'onevm delete')
>>>
>>>    If '--live' is specified, the Image will be saved immediately.
>>>
>>>    States: ANY
>>>    valid options: type, live
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, if it's created immediately then its hot snapshot even if it's
>>> differed, I don't think that's what is intended with deferred.
>>>
>>> Shank
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Shankhadeep Shome <shank15217 at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I used to be able to save the vm disk as a new image file from
>>>> sunstone, it was the "save as" command equivalent from the console. It was
>>>> very useful, I don't see that option in 4.0.X sunstone any longer, what is
>>>> the alternative?
>>>>
>>>> Shank
>>>>
>>>
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