# Howto change default datastore?

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/howto-change-default-datastore/4074>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 30, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/howto-change-default-datastore/4074 "2017-03-30T12:52:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/howto-change-default-datastore/4074/1 "2017-03-30T12:52:02Z")

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I’ve created LVM datastore with type IMAGE for VMs  
How can i set this datastore as default?

When i instantiate VM from VM Template they are created with  
another existing Filesystem DS  
Is there a way to choose datastore when creating VM?

regards