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  1. Click the + button in the top right of the disk dialog
  2. Select one of the options: Disk from local file, Disk from iso file, Empty disk or Template disk.

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  3. Enter the details of the disk

    • Disk from local file

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      GUI Uploading from the Local Filesystem Disks File
      GUI Uploading from the Local Filesystem Disks File


    • Disk from ISO file

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      GUI Uploading from the Local Filesystem Disks ISO


    • Empty disk

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      Enter the size of the disk and the disk controller type and controller information.

      The platform will store the disk definition in the VM template and when you deploy a VM based on this template, the platform will create the disk on the hypervisor datastore.


    • Template disk

      Select a template from the Apps library and then select a disk from the template. 

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      Abiquo will select the original disk, not the conversions. If you require other formats, generate conversions for these formats. 

Edit a template disk in private cloud

 To edit a disk:

  1. Select the disk
  2. Click the pencil edit button and make changes as described below

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GUI Edit virtual machine template disk
GUI Edit virtual machine template disk

 You can enter a disk controller value, according to the following table.

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ResourceSubType value

diskController saved in template and created on VMware

contains "paravirtual"ParaVirtualSCSIController
contains "bus"VirtualBusLogicController
contains "sas"VirtualLsiLogicSASController
other (default value)VirtualLsiLogicController



Delete a template disk:

Before you begin, check that the template is not in use. A template is in use if it has deployed VMs or dependent instances. 

To delete a template disk:

  1. Select the disk to delete
  2. Click the Delete trash can icon.


Public cloud region

To edit a public cloud template in the Apps library do these steps:

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