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

[Pavel Hrdina]

On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 06:21:01AM -0700, femi adegoke wrote:
> 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.

As a workaround you can create and start the guest and shut it down
right after the creation is done.  But I guess that for the import
method it would make sense to add an option to just define the guest
without starting it.

Pavel

> 
> 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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