Ah, I didn't appreciate that.
My main concern with running the OVA export was getting a consistent image. The
machine I am exporting has a large disk which will take some time to export and
I didn't want to have to shut the machine down for the duration of export
operation.
I see now, when I trigger an export that a snapshot is created. Thanks.
---- On Sun, 08 May 2022 13:00:26 +0100 Arik Hadas <aha...@redhat.com> wrote
----
On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 3:00 PM Alan G <mailto:alan+ov...@griff.me.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to export an OVA from a snapshot? Or only from the "Active VM"
> image?
The fact you're asking specifically about the image makes me wonder
what's the reason for asking that
If you look for a way to create an OVA directly from an existing
snapshot then no, it's not possible. You'd need to provision a
VM/template from the snapshot and export it to an OVA.
If you don't want the export operation to operate on the active
volume(s) of the VM then unless the VM is configured with MBS (managed
block storage) disk, the system creates a snapshot first and exports
the volumes that are associate with the snapshot to the OVA (so it
doesn't use the active volumes)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan
>
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