Hi Mike, The ‘Read VM Settings from OVA’ option is not mandatory, and by default the Vmware environments should not be affected if not using this feature on the templates.
I have some questions, which CloudStack version are you using? In this case it would seem like the combination of controllers is not supported for the template. Were you able to deploy from the same template on previous CloudStack versions setting the same controllers? Are the controllers correctly set on vCenter? The ‘Read VM settings from OVA’ honors the template configuration and controllers. When deploying a VM using this option, are the disk and NIC controllers the same as the ones you want to set when not enabling the option? As a quick test, can you create a test VM using the ‘Read VM settings from OVA’ option, stop it and change the controllers from vCenter – would the VM boot correctly? Regards, Nicolas Vazquez From: Corey, Mike <mike.co...@sap.com.INVALID> Date: Thursday, 24 March 2022 at 13:54 To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <users@cloudstack.apache.org> Subject: VMware Template - To read from OVA or NOT Hi – I feel like I’ve asked this in the past; however, my developer colleague has me spinning my wheels trying to get his code to work against this VMware/ACS environment. I’m having trouble with deploying a VM instance using a VMware specific template when I DO NOT use the “Read VM Settings from OVA.” When I don’t use that setting I set the root disk controller as “lsilogicsas” and NIC to “e1000.” The VM deploys however the OS never completely loads, just spins at Windows OS “Getting devices ready.” Using the SAME image, with the Read OVA setting – the VM instance deploys and loads the OS without issue. Can someone from ShapeBlue or ACS verify that for VMWARE environments the “Read VM settings from OVA” IS or IS NOT required? If in theory, I should be able to deploy a VM from a template where “Read VM Settings from OVA” is OFF – what could be the issue (I assume its something identified in OVA that is not getting loaded/seen from basic ACS API). Many thanks! Mike Mike Corey Technology Senior Consultant, IT CS CTW Operation & Virtualization Service US SAP AMERICA, INC. 3999 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, 19073 United States T +1 610 661 0905, M +1 484 274 2658, E mike.co...@sap.com [cid:image001.png@01D83F7E.500DA3D0]
