<div dir="ltr">Follow this link <a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/grizzly-boot-from-volumes" target="_blank">https://etherpad.openstack.org/grizzly-boot-from-volumes</a>, it describe the current UX for boot from volume.<div>
I have done this successfully. </div>
<div>Additional, there is a BP to improve the UX. <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/improve-boot-from-volume" target="_blank">https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/improve-boot-from-volume</a></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Bill Owen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billowen@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">billowen@us.ibm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font face="sans-serif">Hi Greg -</font><br>
<font face="sans-serif">This is not so well documented in Grizzly, but see folsom docs:</font><br>
<font face="sans-serif"><a href="http://docs.openstack.org/folsom/openstack-compute/admin/content/boot-from-volume.html" target="_blank">http://docs.openstack.org/folsom/openstack-compute/admin/content/boot-from-volume.html</a></font><br>
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<font face="sans-serif">to boot from a volume:</font><br>
<font face="sans-serif">nova boot --flavor <f> --block_device_mapping vda=<vol_id>:::0 test_from_vol</font><br>
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<font face="sans-serif">to boot from a snapshot of a bootable volume:</font><br>
<font face="sans-serif">nova boot --flavor <f> --block_device_mapping vda=<snap_id>:snap::0 test_from_snap</font><br>
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Bill Owen <br>
<a href="mailto:billowen@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">billowen@us.ibm.com</a><br>
Strategic Test Methods and Tools <br>
<a href="tel:520-799-4829" value="+15207994829" target="_blank">520-799-4829</a>, T/L 321-4829<br>
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<img width="16" height="16" src="cid:1__=08BBF15ADF9371AC8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for Greg Chavez ---08/15/2013 04:05:49 PM---I can't figure out what options I need to use with "nova boot"><font color="#424282" face="sans-serif">Greg Chavez ---08/15/2013 04:05:49 PM---I can't figure out what options I need to use with "nova boot" in order to boot from a bootable volu</font><br>
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<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">From: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Greg Chavez <<a href="mailto:greg.chavez@gmail.com" target="_blank">greg.chavez@gmail.com</a>></font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">To: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>, </font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Date: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">08/15/2013 04:05 PM</font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Subject: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">[Openstack] Booting from a volume snapshot via the CLI</font><br>
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<font size="3" face="serif">I can't figure out what options I need to use with "nova boot" in order to boot from a bootable volume snapshot. Can somebody hit me with the clue stick please? Thanks in advance.</font><br>
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