From: Fabian Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 2/2] close #4031: vm: import: simplify example for creating VM from existing disk
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:48:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220614124825.148658-2-f.ebner@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220614124825.148658-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com>
Now that the import-from feature is available.
Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
---
qm.adoc | 18 ++++--------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index ba0ca20..4d0c7c4 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -1377,23 +1377,13 @@ Suppose you created a Debian/Ubuntu disk image with the 'vmdebootstrap' tool:
--customize=./copy_pub_ssh.sh \
--sparse --image vm600.raw
-You can now create a new target VM for this image.
+You can now create a new target VM, importing the image to the storage `pvedir`
+and attaching it to the VM's SCSI controller:
----
# qm create 600 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 --name vm600 --serial0 socket \
- --boot order=scsi0 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --ostype l26
-----
-
-Add the disk image as +unused0+ to the VM, using the storage +pvedir+:
-
-----
-# qm importdisk 600 vm600.raw pvedir
-----
-
-Finally attach the unused disk to the SCSI controller of the VM:
-
-----
-# qm set 600 --scsi0 pvedir:600/vm-600-disk-1.raw
+ --boot order=scsi0 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --ostype l26 \
+ --scsi0 pvedir:0,import-from=/path/to/dir/vm600.raw
----
The VM is ready to be started.
--
2.30.2
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-14 12:48 [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 1/2] vm: import: avoid using deprecated bootdisk option Fabian Ebner
2022-06-14 12:48 ` Fabian Ebner [this message]
2022-06-17 15:18 ` [pve-devel] applied-series: " Thomas Lamprecht
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