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hypervisor:toolstack:domu [2014/06/05 02:58] admin [Create Template and Appliance] |
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| <WRAP center round info 90%> | <WRAP center round info 90%> | ||
| - | Note that prior to installing a Virtual Machine, you'll need to **[[storage-repository|setup your storage repositories]]**. | + | Note that prior to installing a Virtual Machine, you'll need to **[[storage|setup your storage repositories]]**. |
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| VDI stands for **Virtual Disk Image**, such an image is required by the VM that will use it as if it was a real hard drive. This VDI has to be stored somewhere, here we'll select an SR that was specifically created for the LMDE VM. | VDI stands for **Virtual Disk Image**, such an image is required by the VM that will use it as if it was a real hard drive. This VDI has to be stored somewhere, here we'll select an SR that was specifically created for the LMDE VM. | ||
| - | Refer to the [[storage-repository#Create a Storage Repository|Storage Repositories Creation]] chapter to remember how to do it, in case you often forget (like me). | + | Refer to the [[storage#Create a Storage Repository|Storage Repositories Creation]] chapter to remember how to do it, in case you often forget (like me). |
| Get the SR UUID: | Get the SR UUID: | ||
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| <WRAP center important 90%> | <WRAP center important 90%> | ||
| - | Once logged into the VM's console, you'll be "trapped" inside this console. It won't be possible for you to come back to the host's console. | + | Once logged into the VM's console, you may get "trapped" inside this console. In case there is no "exit" possible, it won't be possible for you to come back to the host's console. |
| This might be a problem when interacting from a plain terminal screen on the host itself, getting locked out of your host's console might force you to force a reboot in case you cannot access it via ssh from another machine to reboot it nicely!. | This might be a problem when interacting from a plain terminal screen on the host itself, getting locked out of your host's console might force you to force a reboot in case you cannot access it via ssh from another machine to reboot it nicely!. | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| + | === Add Xen Tools === | ||
| + | <color coral>**TBC**</color> | ||
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| ===== Create Template and Appliance ===== | ===== Create Template and Appliance ===== | ||
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| > xe template-param-set is-a-template=false ha-always-run=false uuid=<snapshot-uuid> | > xe template-param-set is-a-template=false ha-always-run=false uuid=<snapshot-uuid> | ||
| > xe vm-export vm=<snapshot-uuid> filename=<filename>.xva | > xe vm-export vm=<snapshot-uuid> filename=<filename>.xva | ||
| + | Export succeeded | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| + | The export operation can take a while... Be patient until you see the "Export succeeded" message. | ||
| Finally let's get rid of the snapshot: | Finally let's get rid of the snapshot: | ||
