To clarify: Reboot VM seemed to keep the VM running and just reboot the OS.
Reset VM seemed to shut the VM down and then re-start it (with the same root disk for the OS). On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Mike Tutkowski < mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > I could be wrong, but I thought as recently as 4.3 that Reset VM > essentially stopped and then re-started the VM with the same root disk. > > It seemed to differ from Reboot VM only in the sense that the VM was never > technically stopped (the OS inside the VM was just rebooted). > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Mike Tutkowski < > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > >> I'm using XenServer 6.1 hosts (two of them) in this case. >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Mike Tutkowski < >> mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, stopping and restarting works fine...as does, I believe, rebooting >>> the VM. >>> >>> Right below Reboot VM, there is a Reset VM option. >>> >>> If that means "re-install," then we probably should clean up the old >>> root disk. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Alena Prokharchyk < >>> alena.prokharc...@citrix.com> wrote: >>> >>>> don¹t see ³Reset Vm² option in UI; do you mean ³Reboot instance²? I¹ve >>>> just tried that, as well as calling stop/startVM from the UI. The Vm >>>> boots >>>> up with its original disk. >>>> >>>> I¹m having Xen/Nfs, not sure it matters >>>> >>>> -Alena. >>>> >>>> On 3/19/14, 2:19 PM, "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >I didn't look into what the GUI calls, but I invoked the Reset VM >>>> option >>>> >in >>>> >the GUI. >>>> > >>>> >Thanks >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Alena Prokharchyk < >>>> >alena.prokharc...@citrix.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Mike, just to confirm - did you call >>>> >> stopVirtualMachine/startVirtualMachine apis? >>>> >> >>>> >> -alena. >>>> >> >>>> >> On 3/19/14, 1:55 PM, "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> >>>> >> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> >Hi, >>>> >> > >>>> >> >I noticed today while running through some test cases for 4.4 that >>>> >> >resetting a VM does not work as expected. >>>> >> > >>>> >> >Instead of the typical stop and re-start behavior where the VM is >>>> >>booted >>>> >> >back up using the same root disk, the VM gets a new root disk when >>>> it >>>> >>is >>>> >> >booted back up. >>>> >> > >>>> >> >Can anyone confirm this finding for me with his or her setup? >>>> >> > >>>> >> >Thanks! >>>> >> > >>>> >> >-- >>>> >> >*Mike Tutkowski* >>>> >> >*Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >>>> >> >e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >>>> >> >o: 303.746.7302 >>>> >> >Advancing the way the world uses the >>>> >> >cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >>>> >> >*(tm)* >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >-- >>>> >*Mike Tutkowski* >>>> >*Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >>>> >e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >>>> >o: 303.746.7302 >>>> >Advancing the way the world uses the >>>> >cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >>>> >*(tm)* >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Mike Tutkowski* >>> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >>> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >>> o: 303.746.7302 >>> Advancing the way the world uses the >>> cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >>> *(tm)* >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Mike Tutkowski* >> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >> o: 303.746.7302 >> Advancing the way the world uses the >> cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >> *(tm)* >> > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *(tm)* > -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> *(tm)*
