X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-docs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=qm.adoc;h=43f250a4d7c7875f526cbd5743a45bf22b04fcd7;hp=0019ad1bbbe58331f7b333a72dc6dbf0b0905bc0;hb=730fbca4088e08f5fe9b985d9115ecb292dced49;hpb=4ccb911c76017fed3c649586c39c7b8b79448619 diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc index 0019ad1..43f250a 100644 --- a/qm.adoc +++ b/qm.adoc @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ migrate a VM to a totally different storage. You can also change the disk image *Format* if the storage driver supports several formats. + -NOTE: A full clone need to read and copy all VM image data. This is +NOTE: A full clone needs to read and copy all VM image data. This is usually much slower than creating a linked clone. + @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ never includes any additional snapshots from the original VM. Linked Clone:: -Modern storage drivers supports a way to generate fast linked +Modern storage drivers support a way to generate fast linked clones. Such a clone is a writable copy whose initial contents are the same as the original data. Creating a linked clone is nearly instantaneous, and initially consumes no additional space. @@ -857,8 +857,8 @@ can convert any VM into a read-only <>). Such templates can later be used to create linked clones efficiently. + -NOTE: You cannot delete the original template while linked clones -exists. +NOTE: You cannot delete an original template while linked clones +exist. + It is not possible to change the *Target storage* for linked clones, @@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ The *Target node* option allows you to create the new VM on a different node. The only restriction is that the VM is on shared storage, and that storage is also available on the target node. -To avoid resource conflicts, all network interface MAC addresses gets +To avoid resource conflicts, all network interface MAC addresses get randomized, and we generate a new 'UUID' for the VM BIOS (smbios1) setting.