Hi Rich, I've put a note in the VM template definition section to warn about the attributes that will be ignored when using the Image Catalog.
A template validator is totally within our roadmap, we will provide that in future releases for sure. Thanks and regards, -Tino -- Constantino Vázquez Blanco | dsa-research.org/tinova Virtualization Technology Engineer / Researcher OpenNebula Toolkit | opennebula.org On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Rich Wellner <r...@objenv.com> wrote: > I have run into issues like this also, and would like to suggest that more > than a documentation update needs to happen. One should also either abort > or, at least, throw a warning telling the user the his arguments are going > to be ignored. > > rw2 > > On 10/26/10 8:14 AM, Olivier Sallou wrote: >> >> ok, so it is rather an issue with documentation not really clear at >> http://www.opennebula.org/documentation:rel2.0:img_template. >> Page should specify that image template override vm template for disk >> related data. >> >> In my case, I do not want to save the VM, and I do not specify any tag to >> do so in image description. Though, image is saved anyway. >> In documentation, it is said that "save" is "no" by default at >> http://www.opennebula.org/documentation:rel2.0:template. >> >> Does it means that I should explicitly specify "save=no" in my image >> template? >> >> Here is my oneimage detail: >> >> IMAGE INFORMATION >> ID : 5 >> NAME : sampleraw2 >> TYPE : OS >> REGISTER TIME : 10/25 18:59:12 >> PUBLIC : Yes >> PERSISTENT : No >> SOURCE : >> /local/one_images/nebula/images/0c2bdd685a6f0abe21b3fb2ba298083abcc5206c >> STATE : rdy >> RUNNING_VMS : 0 >> >> IMAGE TEMPLATE >> DESCRIPTION=Sample suse raw file >> DEV_PREFIX=hd >> NAME=sampleraw2 >> PATH=/path_to_my_appliance >> >> Thanks >> >> Olivier >> >> Le 10/26/10 2:29 PM, Tino Vazquez a écrit : >>> >>> Dear Olivier, >>> >>> When using the Image Catalog, and not the old method of specifying the >>> full image path in the source attribute, the values of disk attributes >>> "save" and "clone" are overridden by the Image Catalog inferring them >>> from the image properties (persistency, save_as). >>> >>> If you want to save the image when using the Image Catalog, either >>> make it persistent or, if you want to save it as another image, use >>> the save_as functionality. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> -Tino >>> >>> -- >>> Constantino Vázquez Blanco | dsa-research.org/tinova >>> Virtualization Technology Engineer / Researcher >>> OpenNebula Toolkit | opennebula.org >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Olivier Sallou<olivier.sal...@irisa.fr> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I have a template with: >>>> DISK = [ >>>> image = "sampleraw2", >>>> save = "no" >>>> ] >>>> >>>> and when I do "onevm stop", one still tries to save the vm on the >>>> frontend. >>>> (I also tried with save=no instead of save="no"). >>>> >>>> Should I create a bug for this or is there something wrong in my >>>> template? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Olivier >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Users mailing list >>>> Users@lists.opennebula.org >>>> http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/users-opennebula.org >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users@lists.opennebula.org >> http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/users-opennebula.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.opennebula.org > http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/users-opennebula.org > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.opennebula.org http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/users-opennebula.org