Bug 1075487

Summary:	[Docs] [Feature] [Admin] Init Persistent
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager	Reporter:	Zac Dover <zdover>
Component:	Documentation	Assignee:	Andrew Dahms <adahms>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Julie <juwu>
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Priority:	high
Version:	3.4.0	CC:	acathrow, gklein, juwu, yeylon
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Description Zac Dover 2014-03-12 09:20:32 UTC

Init Persistent allows persistent use of Windows Sysprep and Cloud-Init data to the Database. By persisting the data, administrators can create a template with VM-Init data that will enable initialize VMs with relevant data.
  -- http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.4_Release_Notes

http://www.ovirt.org/Features/vm-init-persistent

Comment 1 Andrew Dahms 2014-04-28 22:40:29 UTC

Documentation Link
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http://documentation-devel.engineering.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.4/html-single/Administration_Guide/index.html#sect-Using_Cloud-Init_to_Automate_the_Configuration_of_Virtual_Machines

What Changed
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The following topics were created or revised as outlined below.

Cloud-Init Overview [24434-623399]

Added a line to the second paragraph outlining that Cloud-Init settings can now be made persistent.

Cloud-Init Use Case Scenarios [30182]

Created this topic to outline that the Cloud-Init feature can be used to both seal virtual machine templates and be used to apply persistent settings to virtual machines and templates.

Using Cloud-Init to Initialize a Virtual Machine [24421-623453]

The title was updated and all steps after Step 3. were updated to reflect the current options available for the Cloud-Init feature.

Using Cloud-Init to Prepare a Template [30183]

Created this topic to outline how to use the Cloud-Init feature to prepare templates.

Updated revision history: [30102-623702]

NVR
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Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization-Administration_Guide-3.4-en-US-3.4-3

Moving to ON_QA.

Comment 2 Julie 2014-08-25 04:07:37 UTC

Verified in the 3.4 release.