Deleting/renewing the virtual machines/sliver

Renewing the virtual machines/sliver

An experimenter can renew his virtual machines/sliver before expiration by using the command:

sudo python omni.py -a https://137.222.204.27:8445/xmlrpc/sfa/ -V2 renewsliver -n sfatest 20141007T12:00:00Z

The format of the time is <year><day><month>T<hour>:<minute>:<second>Z

Deleting the virtual machines/sliver

The following commands can be used to delete all virtual machines in the sliver at the VTAM aggregate manager in OMNI:

sudo python omni.py -a https://137.222.204.27:8445/xmlrpc/sfa/ -V2 deletesliver sfatest

It is important to note that the deletion of all virtual machines inside a sliver is the only option offered by the Geni API v2 for unprovisioning. Therefore, if experimenters want to use the same virtual machine for a future experiment, they should not delete their sliver. Another important point is if the sliver expires, the virtual machines will be deleted at the aggregate manager but it is possible to renew the sliver to delay the deletion of the virtual machines.