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=Disk Image Snapshot Naming Conventions=
=Disk Image Snapshot Tag Naming Conventions=


More about disk image snapshots is available here:  
More about disk image snapshots is available here:  

Revision as of 17:51, 4 July 2017

Internal

Virtual Machine Naming Convention

For more details about the virtual machine name, see

KVM Virtual Machine Definition 'name'

Virtual Machine Image Naming Convention

The ... that will hold a virtual machine image should follow the pattern:

<vm-name>.<image-format>

Example:

node1.qcow2

Storage Volume Naming Convention

If the volume will be used for raw storage under a filesystem, and it is NOT going to be a virtual machine image, the volume name should follow the pattern:

<vm-name|generic-name>-<purpose>.<image-format>

Example:

node1-docker.raw
support-nfs.raw

Disk Image Snapshot Tag Naming Conventions

More about disk image snapshots is available here:

Disk Image Snapshots

This is how image snapshots are taken:

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