Cloning Image Name
New
Enter a name to identify the collected cloning image.
For a cloning image name, enter a character string, beginning with an alphabetic character (upper or lower case), and
containing up to 32 alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case) and underscores ("_").
When there is already a cloning image of the same image type with the same name in the image pool a cloning image is
being registered to, it will be registered as the next version of that cloning image.
However, VMware, Hyper-V, Solaris Zones, Oracle VM and KVM and Xen are regarded as different types.
Note
Use the following methods to collect cloning images:
- Collecting cloning images from physical servers with an OS installed
- Collecting cloning images from physical L-Servers with an OS installed
- Collecting cloning images from virtual L-Servers with an OS installed
- Collecting cloning images from templates of server virtualization software
- Registering the server management software (BMC BladeLogic Server Automation) package
Ensure that each of cloning images collected using one of the above methods has a unique name in the same image pool.
Update
Select when specifying the same name as that of a cloning image which has already been collected. Select the cloning image
from the list.
Cloning images with the same name can be saved up until the maximum number of image versions.
The maximum number of image versions is three by default.
Image Configurations (for Virtual L-Servers with Hyper-V VM Type)
To collect cloning images involving data disks, check the "Collect all disks" checkbox. When not checked, only system disks
will be collected.
Image location (For Virtual L-Servers)
Select the storage location for cloning images. Clicking <Select> displays the [Select a Location for this Image] dialog.
Select the storage location, and click <OK>.
Destination Pool
Select the image pool to register cloning images in.
Comment (Optional)
Enter a comment that identifies the cloning image.
Up to 128 characters other than percent signs ("%"), back slashes ("\"), double quotes ("), and line feed characters can be specified.
3.
Click <OK>.
Cloning images are stored in image pools.
When <Cancel> is clicked in the Recent Operations area, the confirmation dialog to quit the process is displayed.
From the command-line, execute rcxadm image create. For details on the rcxadm image create command, refer to "4.1 rcxadm
image" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".
Cloning images (identifiable by their name attribute) can be managed by image version.
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