>> the Reset Vm option is presented as a button unlike the icons I think this was because all the other icons we tried to represent this with were too confusing to users — they were clicking on 'reset VM' thinking it was ‘reboot VM’ — then as a last minute fix the decision was to just to show a text label.
Any ideas from anyone on what would be a good icon representation? -Brian On Mar 19, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Alena Prokharchyk <alena.prokharc...@citrix.com> wrote: > 1) Didn’t notice “the elephant” - that the Reset Vm option is presented as > a button unlike the icons for other options. UI folks - Brian/Jessica- why > we decided to represent this option differently in the UI? > > 2) Mike, I’ve looked at the code and the history. We've always allocated a > new volume during the vm restore call. Hari, can you please confirm that > this feature you wrote, was designed to work this way > > > -Alena. > > > On 3/19/14, 2:41 PM, "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > >> 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)* >
