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[3.1.1 beta] Don't auto-delete VM shortcuts on removable drives #3686

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ogerardin opened this issue Feb 25, 2022 · 0 comments
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[3.1.1 beta] Don't auto-delete VM shortcuts on removable drives #3686

ogerardin opened this issue Feb 25, 2022 · 0 comments
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ogerardin commented Feb 25, 2022

The current behaviour in 3.1.1 is to automatically and silently delete VM shortcuts at startup when the target is not available.
This is a problem if the target is on a removable drive that is not connected when UTM is started, as you need to manually reimport all the VMs (which can be quite tedious if you have many, see #3685)

Suggestion:

  • do not auto-delete shortcuts when the target is not available
  • instead add a status "unavailable" with a visual indicator (such as a red cross)
  • recheck the shortcuts either periodically, or when an external drive is mounted, or when the user tries to start the VM

Note: this is how VMware for example behaves with unavailable VMs

@ogerardin ogerardin added the enhancement New feature or request label Feb 25, 2022
@osy osy added this to the v3.1 milestone Feb 25, 2022
@osy osy closed this as completed in 1375f47 Feb 26, 2022
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