Hello James, Yes, part of the process is to destroy the vm itself and all that should remain are the qcow or vmdk files with a reference file.
Can you send the vcld.log file? It should contain the image capture part and a reload reservation. Also can use pastbin or send the log file directly to me if needed. Apache's public pastebin http://apaste.info/ Aaron On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:45 PM, James A.s. Trimbee <[email protected]> wrote: > I captured a base image successfully following the instructions on the wiki > here: > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+Image > > > > I have followed the procedure up to and including adding the image to an > image group, but I’m not getting any further. > > > > The VM guest I captured the image from now shows a state of ‘reload’, and > while I can request a reload, nothing appears to happen. I note that the > original KVM guest is deleted from the hypervisor after imaging has taken > place – is this normal? The image file is all that remains. I can restart it > the long way (using virsh or virt-manager) so the image file itself is good, > but I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong on the VCL end. > > > > There’s a suggestion in vcld.log that there is an outstanding reservation, > but I cleared them all in the web interface. > > > > My objective was to capture an image, redeploy it, and update it then > redeploy it again. > > > > What is supposed to happen after a successful capture? I feel like I’m > missing a step, and dead guest VM seems suspicious to me. > > > > Rgds > > > > James -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
