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Updates to the Admin User guide section 'Manage flavors' in the dashboard chapter. Partial-Bug: #1279133 Change-Id: I868a0b530ed78e02cc088a02ba29af012417ee36
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
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xml:id="dashboard_manage_flavors">
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<?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
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<title>Manage flavors</title>
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<para>In OpenStack, a flavor defines the compute, memory, and
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storage capacity of a virtual server that users can launch. As
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an administrative user, you can create, edit, and delete
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flavors.</para>
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<para>Only administrative users can create and manage
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flavors.</para>
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<para>A flavor consists of the following parameters:</para>
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<table rules="all" width="50%">
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<caption>Flavor parameters</caption>
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<col width="20%"/>
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<col width="80%"/>
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<th>Parameter</th>
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<th>Description</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para>Flavor Name</para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>The flavor name.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para>VCPUs</para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Number of virtual CPUs to use.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para>RAM</para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Amount of RAM to use, in megabytes.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para>Root Disk</para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Amount of disk space (in gigabytes) to use
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for the root (/) partition.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para>Ephemeral Disk</para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Amount of disk space (in gigabytes) to use
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for the ephemeral partition. If unspecified,
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the value is 0 by default.</para>
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<para>Ephemeral disks offer machine local disk
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storage linked to the life cycle of a VM
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instance. When a VM is terminated, all data on
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the ephemeral disk is lost. Ephemeral disks
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are not included in any snapshots.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para>Swap Disk</para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Amount of swap space (in megabytes) to use.
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If unspecified, the default is 0.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para>ID</para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>The flavor ID is generated by OpenStack if the option
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selected is <guilabel>auto</guilabel>.</para>
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<para>By default, this field is set to <guilabel>auto</guilabel>.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para>Public</para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Indicates if the flavor is public.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<para>The default flavors are:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>m1.tiny (1 VCPU/0 GB Disk/512 MB RAM)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>m1.small (1 VCPU/20 GB Disk/2048 MB RAM)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>m1.medium (2 VCPU/40 GB Disk/4096 MB RAM)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>m1.large (4 VCPU/80 GB Disk/8192 MB RAM)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>m1.xlarge (8 VCPU/160 GB Disk/16384 MB RAM)</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<section xml:id="dashboard_create_flavors">
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<title>Create flavors</title>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Log in to the dashboard.</para>
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<para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project
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from the <guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel>
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drop-down list.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
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<guilabel>Flavors</guilabel> category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Create
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Flavor</guibutton>.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Create Flavor</guilabel>
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window, enter or select the following
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values:</para>
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<informaltable rules="all" width="75%">
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<col width="25%"/>
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<col width="75%"/>
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<th colspan="2" align="center">
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<guilabel>Flavor Info</guilabel> tab</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para><guilabel>Name</guilabel></para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Enter the flavor name.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para>
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<guilabel>ID</guilabel>
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</para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>The flavor ID, generated by OpenStack.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para><guilabel>VCPUs</guilabel></para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Enter the number of virtual CPUs
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to use.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para><guilabel>RAM MB</guilabel></para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Enter the amount of RAM to use,
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in megabytes.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para><guilabel>Root Disk GB</guilabel></para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Enter the mount of disk space in
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gigabytes to use for the root (/)
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partition.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para><guilabel>Ephemeral Disk GB</guilabel></para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Enter the amount of disk space
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in gigabytes to use for the
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ephemeral partition. If
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unspecified, the value is 0 by
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default.</para>
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<para>Ephemeral disks offer machine
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local disk storage linked to the
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life cycle of a VM instance. When a
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VM is terminated, all data on the
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ephemeral disk is lost. Ephemeral
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disks are not included in any
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snapshots.</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<para><guilabel>Swap Disk MB</guilabel></para>
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</td>
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<td>
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<para>Enter the amount of swap space
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(in megabytes) to use. If
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unspecified, the default is 0.
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</para>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</informaltable>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Flavor Access</guilabel> tab, you can
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control access to the flavor by moving projects from the
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<guilabel>All Projects</guilabel> column to the <guilabel>Selected
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Projects</guilabel> column.</para>
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<para>Only projects in the <guilabel>Selected Projects</guilabel>
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column can use the flavor. If there are no projects in the
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right column, all projects can use the flavor.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Create
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Flavor</guibutton>.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="dashboard_update_flavors">
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<title>Update flavors</title>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Log in to the dashboard.</para>
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<para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project
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from the <guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel>
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drop-down list.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
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<guilabel>Flavors</guilabel> category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Select the flavor that you want to edit. Click
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<guibutton>Edit Flavor</guibutton>.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Edit Flavor</guilabel> window,
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you can change the flavor name, VCPUs, RAM, root
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dish, ephemeral disk, and swap disk
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values..</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Save</guibutton>.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="dashboard_delete_flavors">
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<title>Delete flavors</title>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Log in to the dashboard.</para>
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<para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project
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from the <guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel>
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drop-down list.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
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<guilabel>Flavors</guilabel> category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Select the flavors that you want to
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delete.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Delete
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Flavors</guibutton>.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Confirm Delete
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Flavors</guilabel> window, click
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<guibutton>Delete Flavors</guibutton> to
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confirm the deletion. You cannot undo this
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action.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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</section>
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