[Openstack] Booting from a volume snapshot via the CLI

Lei Zhang zhang.lei.fly at gmail.com
Fri Aug 16 02:34:23 UTC 2013


Follow this link https://etherpad.openstack.org/grizzly-boot-from-volumes,
it describe the current UX for boot from volume.
I have done this successfully.
Additional, there is a BP to improve the UX.
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/improve-boot-from-volume


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Bill Owen <billowen at us.ibm.com> wrote:

>  Hi Greg -
> This is not so well documented in Grizzly, but see  folsom docs:
>
> http://docs.openstack.org/folsom/openstack-compute/admin/content/boot-from-volume.html
>
> to boot from a volume:
> nova boot --flavor <f> --block_device_mapping vda=<vol_id>:::0
> test_from_vol
>
> to boot from a snapshot of a bootable volume:
> nova boot --flavor <f> --block_device_mapping vda=<snap_id>:snap::0
> test_from_snap
>
> Bill Owen
> billowen at us.ibm.com
> Strategic Test Methods and Tools
> 520-799-4829, T/L 321-4829
>
>
> [image: 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]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
>
> From: Greg Chavez <greg.chavez at gmail.com>
> To: openstack at lists.openstack.org,
> Date: 08/15/2013 04:05 PM
> Subject: [Openstack] Booting from a volume snapshot via the CLI
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> --
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