Re: [Xen-API] importing XCP 1.1 vm installed template into xcp 1.6 beta

[Denis Cardon <denis.cardon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Burnie,

> > > When you install a VM, the template is cloned, and the is-template flag
> > > is set to false. If there is a 'disks' key in the other-config, then
> > > vm-install will create disks as specified. If the template has VDIs
> > > attached, then those will be copied at attached to the new VM.
> > Thanks for you answer. So there is no difference between a VM, a
> > template with attached VDI (shown with a blue icon in XenCenter), and a
> > template without attached VDI (shown in yellow in XenCenter).
> Well, the difference between a "default template" and a "custom
> template" is very subtle.
>
> If you really want to see the difference in XC, you could try this:
>
> # make a custom template a default template (yellow)
> xe template-param-set uuid=<uuid> other-config:default_template=true
>
> # make a default template a custom template (blue)
> xe template-param-remove uuid=<uuid> param-name=other-config
> param-key=default_template
thanks a lot for your input. It helped me again today. I had a strange 
case today with a vm having the following line other-config line :
other-config (MRW): instant: true; vgpu_pci: ; mac_seed: 
ea83543a-3265-11e2-a512-1eb79f66b6da; install-methods: cdrom; 
default_template: false; install-repository: cdrom
In the template definition, the default_template param is set to false, 
but it is still showing in the default template (blue one) in xencenter. 
Once I use the command line you highlighted and remove the param 
altogether, everything is fine again.
So having the default_template set to false is not enough.

Cheers,

Denis






>

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