change tmp directory when importing VMs
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
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@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
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@gmail.com> To: "users" <users@ovirt.org> 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@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
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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@redhat.com> 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@gmail.com> To: "users" <users@ovirt.org> 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@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
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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@gmail.com> 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@redhat.com> 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@gmail.com> To: "users" <users@ovirt.org> 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@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
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Sure, will do Yaniv, thanks! On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:52 PM, Yaniv Kaul <ykaul@redhat.com> wrote:
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@gmail.com> 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@redhat.com> 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@gmail.com> To: "users" <users@ovirt.org> 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@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
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