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    • FATeknollogeeF
      FATeknollogee @dafyre
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      @dafyre said in Virt-manager: create vm:

      @fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: create vm:

      @dafyre said in Virt-manager: create vm:

      Yes, I read the OP. Make your changes, apply them, and then hit cancel installation. It does not destroy the VM. It leaves it sitting there, ready for you to boot to whatever installation media you choose.

      Not sure what version you are on, in v1.5.1, canceling the install = destroys the vm.

      Yeah, I just went back and did that myself a few minutes ago and the VM is gone... WTH did I do last time...

      Don't go to bed till you figure it out & get back to us ASAP :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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      • dafyreD
        dafyre @FATeknollogee
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        @fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: create vm:

        @dafyre said in Virt-manager: create vm:

        @fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: create vm:

        @dafyre said in Virt-manager: create vm:

        Yes, I read the OP. Make your changes, apply them, and then hit cancel installation. It does not destroy the VM. It leaves it sitting there, ready for you to boot to whatever installation media you choose.

        Not sure what version you are on, in v1.5.1, canceling the install = destroys the vm.

        Yeah, I just went back and did that myself a few minutes ago and the VM is gone... WTH did I do last time...

        Don't go to bed till you figure it out & get back to us ASAP :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

        Well, I did find one way to do it... Just not seamless.

        Just go a head and tell it to begin the installation, and the Force Power Off the VM once it starts... but that makes more work for later (you have to go and set it to boot from the ISO image, and then pick your iso image again if you do it this way).

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        • FATeknollogeeF
          FATeknollogee @dafyre
          last edited by

          @dafyre said in Virt-manager: create vm:

          @fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: create vm:

          @dafyre said in Virt-manager: create vm:

          @fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: create vm:

          @dafyre said in Virt-manager: create vm:

          Yes, I read the OP. Make your changes, apply them, and then hit cancel installation. It does not destroy the VM. It leaves it sitting there, ready for you to boot to whatever installation media you choose.

          Not sure what version you are on, in v1.5.1, canceling the install = destroys the vm.

          Yeah, I just went back and did that myself a few minutes ago and the VM is gone... WTH did I do last time...

          Don't go to bed till you figure it out & get back to us ASAP :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

          Well, I did find one way to do it... Just not seamless.

          Just go a head and tell it to begin the installation, and the Force Power Off the VM once it starts... but that makes more work for later (you have to go and set it to boot from the ISO image, and then pick your iso image again if you do it this way).

          Yep, that's kinda what I do right now.
          There has to be a cleaner/proper way?

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          • black3dynamiteB
            black3dynamite
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            Any objections with using virt-install and virsh destroy VMName?

            I do something similar with Hyper-V.

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            • black3dynamiteB
              black3dynamite
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              Using cockpit-machines, you can new VM and select the option to immediately start VM.
              0_1536300918206_image.jpg

              This is cockpit version 176.

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @black3dynamite
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                @black3dynamite can't see that picture at all.

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                • black3dynamiteB
                  black3dynamite @DustinB3403
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                  @dustinb3403 said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                  @black3dynamite can't see that picture at all.

                  Looks fine from Safari on my iPhone.

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                  • ObsolesceO
                    Obsolesce
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                    I don't get what the problem is.
                    You create the VM, then you configure it after.

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                    • FATeknollogeeF
                      FATeknollogee @Obsolesce
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                      @obsolesce said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                      I don't get what the problem is.
                      You create the VM, then you configure it after.

                      Just want to create the vm without starting the install.

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                      • ObsolesceO
                        Obsolesce @FATeknollogee
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                        @fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                        @obsolesce said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                        I don't get what the problem is.
                        You create the VM, then you configure it after.

                        Just want to create the vm without starting the install.

                        Are you talking about creating a VM without clicking this button:
                        0_1536335075436_e72ea706-8a1a-4d62-b870-2c6d9f856903-image.png

                        Who cares... just stop it right away and continue with configuration.

                        Or use virt-install command to set it up.

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                        • FATeknollogeeF
                          FATeknollogee @Obsolesce
                          last edited by

                          @obsolesce said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                          Are you talking about creating a VM without clicking this button:
                          0_1536335075436_e72ea706-8a1a-4d62-b870-2c6d9f856903-image.png

                          yes

                          Who cares... just stop it right away and continue with configuration.

                          Looking for a "cleaner" method kinda like in Hyper-V

                          Or use virt-install command to set it up.

                          The title of the thread is "virt-manager" not "virt-install"!

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                          • ObsolesceO
                            Obsolesce
                            last edited by

                            So what's your goal with wanting to create a VM without starting it, to create some VMs you aren't going to use?

                            You can fully configure it in that window above. I've never created a VM in virt-manager that I didn't want turned on after finished configuring.

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                            • FATeknollogeeF
                              FATeknollogee @Obsolesce
                              last edited by

                              @obsolesce said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                              So what's your goal with wanting to create a VM without starting it, to create some VMs you aren't going to use?

                              Correct, you as a Hyper-V user know we do it all the time in Hyper-V manager.

                              You can fully configure it in that window above. I've never created a VM in virt-manager that I didn't want turned on after finished configuring.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                                @black3dynamite said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                Using cockpit-machines, you can new VM and select the option to immediately start VM.
                                0_1536300918206_image.jpg

                                This is cockpit version 176.

                                That's what we use and we are definitely able to control if the VM starts or not on default Fedora 28.

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                  @black3dynamite said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                  Using cockpit-machines, you can new VM and select the option to immediately start VM.
                                  This is cockpit version 176.

                                  That's what we use and we are definitely able to control if the VM starts or not on default Fedora 28.

                                  He is not talking about the VM starting, but the installation starting after entering the config info.

                                  @fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                  @obsolesce said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                  So what's your goal with wanting to create a VM without starting it, to create some VMs you aren't going to use?

                                  Correct, you as a Hyper-V user know we do it all the time in Hyper-V manager.

                                  Yes, but WTF is the point? I never configure one then decide not to install it. Especially using a GUI to do it.

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                                  • ObsolesceO
                                    Obsolesce @JaredBusch
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                                    @jaredbusch said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                    @fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                    @obsolesce said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                    So what's your goal with wanting to create a VM without starting it, to create some VMs you aren't going to use?

                                    Correct, you as a Hyper-V user know we do it all the time in Hyper-V manager.

                                    Yes, but WTF is the point? I never configure one then decide not to install it. Especially using a GUI to do it.

                                    Hyper-V, KVM, whatever, I never create VMs that I don't plan on using. If I create a VM, it gets turned on 100% of the time after I install one.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403
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                                      While I can agree it seems weird to want to setup a VM and not immediately start it, this doesn't sound that far out.

                                      Set em up tonight, finish them tomorrow.

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                                      • ObsolesceO
                                        Obsolesce @DustinB3403
                                        last edited by

                                        @dustinb3403 said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                        While I can agree it seems weird to want to setup a VM and not immediately start it, this doesn't sound that far out.

                                        Set em up tonight, finish them tomorrow.

                                        Or save yourself 30 seconds and do it all tomorrow... it doesn't take long enough to configure a damn VM to split over two days. Seriously. 30 seconds to go through the Wizard and configure any additional settings is generous.

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                                        • FATeknollogeeF
                                          FATeknollogee @JaredBusch
                                          last edited by

                                          @jaredbusch said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                          Yes, but WTF is the point? I never configure one then decide not to install it. Especially using a GUI to do it.

                                          @obsolesce said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                          Hyper-V, KVM, whatever, I never create VMs that I don't plan on using. If I create a VM, it gets turned on 100% of the time after I install one.

                                          The point is you don't & I do.

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                                          • ObsolesceO
                                            Obsolesce @FATeknollogee
                                            last edited by

                                            @fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: create vm:

                                            The point is you don't & I do.

                                            But you can get the same result by not creating a VM at all...

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