----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gianluca Cecchi" <gianluca.cec...@gmail.com> > To: "Alissa Bonas" <abo...@redhat.com> > Cc: "users" <users@ovirt.org>, "Vered Volansky" <ve...@redhat.com>, "Liron > Aravot" <lara...@redhat.com> > Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 4:13:38 PM > Subject: Re: [Users] clone vm from snapshot problem in 3.2 > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Alissa Bonas wrote: > >> > >> 2) > >> KO, if I clone a windows 7 VM from a snapshot (time 17:09) I get > >> this > >> on gui > >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwoPbcrMv8mvaW9OVW84WVI1dkU/edit?usp=sharing > >> > >> You can find the engine.log from server restart (at 17:06) here: > >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwoPbcrMv8mvTDQzRTFfbFgxX0E/edit?usp=sharing > >> > >> Are there any restrictions? > >> The VM was powered off when taking the snapshot and making the > >> clone. > > > > Hi Gianluca, > > > > Regarding the second item you mentioned - failure of the clone vm > > from snapshot, > > the engine log indicates that the following error occurred > > "Volume Group not big enough" - suggesting you might check if you > > have enough free space. > > > > Yes, you are right. I thought I had selected a storage domain with > sufficient free space but probably it was not so. > > I just repeated the operation, creating a snapshot and then a clone > of > the same VM and selecting an SD with sufficient free space, and it > completed correctly with the cloned VM able to boot. > I take the occasion to suggest oVirt to at least behave this way: > > 1) pre-calculate necessary space and in case of problems don't start > the clone operations but send a warning message impeding it > > If during 1) all was ok and in the mean time went KO (unexpected new > storage allocated that made impossible clone completion) > 2) notify the user with the actual problem (insufficient space) and > not those crypic messages.... > see the already pointed link: > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwoPbcrMv8mvaW9OVW84WVI1dkU/edit?usp=sharing
Those are indeed great improvement suggestions for a better user experience. It will be great if you could add it in bugzilla (as RFE) so it can be followed and managed there: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=oVirt Thank you! > Thanks, > Gianluca > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users