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In private cloud, the user may edit, delete, and add new disks, as well as download disks to their local file system.
States of disks in private cloud
Template disks and their conversions can be in the following states:
The platform uses the state of the disks to determine the template's state.
- DONE: the disk is ready, but conversions may still be in progress
- IN PROGRESS
- UNAVAILABLE: the disk is defined in the template but not present in the Apps library
- FAILED: the disk was not properly created because of an issue during its creation
- The state of a disk conversion can be as follows
- ENQUEUED
- FINISHED
- FAILED
Manage VM template disks in private cloud
To edit VM template disks in private cloud, edit a template and go to Disks
To change the boot order of a disk
- Click the pencil icon near the sequence number and enter a new number. There must always be a boot disk in the 0 position, and the boot disk cannot be an empty disk.
To download a disk
- Select the disk
- Click the download symbol on the right-hand side of the disk details
To manually launch conversions to new template formats if you have added any new hypervisor types after the initial conversion process ended
- Click Generate missing conversions.
To display and manage disk conversions
- Select the disk and check the conversion details in the lower panel
To restart a failed conversion:
- Click the Restart conversion link beside the conversion
To add a disk:
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Select one of the options: Disk from local file, Disk from iso file, Empty disk or Template disk.
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Enter the details of the disk
Disk from local file
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Disk from ISO file
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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.
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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
To edit a disk:
- Select the disk
- Click the pencil edit button and make changes as described below
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You can enter a disk controller value, according to the following table.
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ResourceSubType value
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diskController saved in template and created on VMware
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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:
- Select the disk to delete
- Click the Delete trash can icon.
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