Re: RFC: virt-manager: Redesigned 'New VM' wizard

[Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Radek Hladik wrote:
> Cole Robinson napsal(a):
> > Subhendu Ghosh wrote:
> > > Bryan Kearney wrote:
> > > > Cole Robinson wrote:
> > > > > Bryan Kearney wrote:
> > > > > > Cole Robinson wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi all,
> >
> > > Also the wizard should support multiple NICs and disks - perhaps from
> > > step 5 -  be able to launch sub-wizards to add nic and add disk?
> >
> > I think such a process would add non-trivial complication to the UI for
> > a rather niche case. For a user wanting a multi nic or disk configured
> > VM, I would point them at virt-install which easily scales in this
> > respect. Extra NICs could also be added post install, since I would
> > think only one would be required for the install process.
> My opinion is that this can be solved by some sort of "do not start the 
> VM and open VM details for fine tuning" option. I am not sure where I've 
> seen this (VMWare ESX maybe?) but the last page of the wizard contained 
> checkboxes like "start machine now" and "edit VM details after closing 
> the wizard". With reasonable default values you can satisfy both 
> advanced user and a "just to be done" user in a straight-forward way.
> Radek

Radek's option seems to make good sense. It also has the added benefit of 
being able to create a VM but not starting it and containing the complexity of 
the wizard.

This actually leads to another question:
If we select PXE, do subsequent reboots also enable PXE? or is PXE only enable 
for the install?

Can we have systems that will always run PXE? eg, stateless/diskless VMs?

-subhendu

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Subhendu Ghosh
Red Hat
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Email: sghosh@xxxxxxxxxx


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