[virt-tools-list] Virt-manager: create vm

[femi adegoke]

Yes, Pavel that is correct, as in not wanting the guest to get started.

I was hoping I could use virt-manager to "create" templates by "creating" a guest vm that is ready to be powered on whenever it's needed.
I could do this in Hyper-V & was hoping for similar functionality.

On Oct 2 2018, at 5:28 am, Pavel Hrdina <phrdina at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:34:22AM -0700, femi adegoke wrote:
> > I just tried using the "import" function.
> > This does not work, it still wants to start the installation.
>
>
> So we need to agree on terminology:
> If you are creating new guest using virt-manager GUI there are four
> options: Local install media, Network install, Network Boot and Import.
>
> From virt-manager/virt-install point of view the first three options
> has two phases, install phase and final phase. The install phase
> usually uses a different domain definition that the final phase.
> During the install phase user usually installs the OS inside the guest
> and once the installation is completed the definition is changed and it
> starts again to the final phase.
>
> In case of 'Import' installation there is no install phase, there is
> only final phase.
>
> With virt-manager GUI the guest is always started no matter which
> installation method is selected.
>
> From your description I'm guessing that you don't want the guest to be
> started after it's created, that is not possible with virt-manager.
>
> Pavel
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