[et-mgmt-tools] RFC: virt-manager: Redesigned 'New VM' wizard

[Subhendu Ghosh]

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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