[one-users] Cloud View with Persistent Image

[Stefan Kooman]

Quoting Ruben S. Montero (rsmontero at opennebula.org):
> Hi
> 
> These two are on our radar and probably scheduled for the next release. I
> totally agree that we need to simplify the provision process even more.
> 
> About feature 1.
> 
> We have two issues:
> 
> [1] Clone a running VM. http://dev.opennebula.org/issues/2637
> [2] Clone a template . http://dev.opennebula.org/issues/2051
> 
> Last one includes images (pretty much the procedure outlined by Anandharaj
> under "New VM request") and I think this will cover exactly your request.
> 
> About feature 2.
> 
> We want to add the ability to update any part of a template for VM, most of
> it can be done if the VM is running (eg. attach a new disk or nic). Others
> like memory can be resized when the VM is powered off. You would not need
> to update and recreate the template.
> 
> [3] http://dev.opennebula.org/issues/2065

It would be nice if some actions could be "suspended" until the desired
state has been reached. This would give you the possibility to perform
for example resize actions (change (v)CPU, RAM, etc.) and have them
be applied later, after the VM changes state: running -> poweroff ->
running. Similar to the "Some changes may require a guest shutdown to
take effect." message of "virt-manager". You can then schedule a
power cycle to have the VM resized when convenient (midnight for
example). Sure you could script this as (one)admin but for an end user
this is more convenient.

Gr. Stefan

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