Re: [ovirt-users] change tmp directory when importing VMs

Can you please file a bug about this? I assume we could add a vdsm.conf entry to use a different temp dir. TIA, Y. On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Cam Mac <iucounu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Thanks Jakub. I thought I'd check if there was an official way before > hacking it. I am going to try to set up a dedicated node running Fedora 23 > as an import node with loads of disk space since I'll then be able to > import Win 2012 as well, as hopefully the F23 version of virt-v2v supports > 2012 (F24 does, but it isn't a supported oVirt node OS version). > > Cheers, > > Cam > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Jakub Niedermertl <jniederm(a)redhat.com&gt; > wrote: > >> Hi Cam, >> >> unfortunately there is no direct support for customizing TMPDIR in >> engine. It can be solved by calling `virt-v2v` indirectly: >> >> # cp /usr/bin/virt-v2v /usr/bin/virt-v2v-original >> # cat > /usr/bin/virt-v2v <<EOF >> > #!/usr/bin/sh >> > env TMPDIR=/path/to/custom/tmp /usr/bin/virt-v2v-original $@ >> > EOF >> >> This solution will only survive till next virt-v2v update. >> >> Jakub >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> > From: "Cam Mac" <iucounu(a)gmail.com&gt; >> > To: "users" <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; >> > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 5:36:17 PM >> > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] change tmp directory when importing VMs >> >> > Sorry to reply to my own post, but if the GUI uses virt-v2v, there is a >> > TMPDIR option in there which defaults to /var/tmp, so my guess is that >> this >> > is what sets it, the only question is: how do I do this for the GUI? >> I've >> > had a poke around in /etc/ovirt* on the engine host and nodes, but >> haven't >> > seen it anywhere. >> >> > Cam >> >> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Cam Mac < iucounu(a)gmail.com > wrote: >> >> > > Hi, >> > >> >> > > I'm importing VMs in ova format, and the size of the disk images >> (vmdk) is >> > > such that it fills up the partition where /var/tmp is located when >> > > untarring >> > > the ova. Can this be set to somewhere else? >> > >> >> > > Thanks, >> > >> >> > > Cam >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Users mailing list >> > Users(a)ovirt.org >> > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >