Ovirt storage domain ovirt-image-repository is unattached and can't use change CD to install windows on VM
Good day, Whenever i am trying to use the change CD to mount the ovirt tools iso so i can install windows server or any windows it says "could not find ISO file collection".It doesn't pick up the hdd that i have created in the windwos setup so i have to do the whole ovirt tools mount and select the windows i want to insteall etc. It has been working fine until a couple of days ago when we had power outages. I also noticed that the storage domain,ovirt-image-repository is unattached... How do i go about fixing this problem or where can i check logs. I have checked the permissions where the ISO's or images are stored.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 8:42 AM Heinrich Momberg <heinrich.momberg@gmail.com> wrote:
The guest tools iso needs to be on an iso/data domain. Notice that if you are installing the VM from scratch it needs 2 things the windows iso as a CD for the installation and the drivers floppy to be able to access the storage on installation. see: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/htm...
Not sure what do you mean here, if you installed as the above procedure can you elaborate?
https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Log_Files.html
I have checked the permissions where the ISO's or images are stored.
- What is the engine version? - Notice that we have a msi installer as part of the virtio-win package which is available upstream, the installer fixes issues that we had with win10 and above https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-vir... _______________________________________________
Hi Software Version:4.3.4.3-1.el7 Hi What i mean by it "doesn't pick up the HDD" is whenever i install a windows instance. I get to the part of the windows install where you need to select the disk to install it on... By this option i normally go to the change cd option and select the ovirt tools and select the correct drivers so it will pick up the HDD and i can continue with the installation. Now that i cannot use the change cd option. i am not sure how i can install windows without the option. I have downloaded the virtio-win-0.1.173_x86.vfd and uploaded it through the GUI. I cannot select it if i go to the run once option and tick the floopy disk it gives me nothing to select... On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:32 AM Gal Zaidman <gzaidman@redhat.com> wrote:
Do i upload it through the GUI or can i drop the ISO's straight onto the ISO domain where its pointing to? If i need to do it through the GUI can you please advise how do i select between ISO and Data domain.. On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 12:13 PM Gal Zaidman <gzaidman@redhat.com> wrote:
this is the docs: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.2/htm... just to notice on 4.4 we will have a GUI checkbox for automatically attaching the drivers on the installation On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 1:12 PM Heinrich Momberg <heinrich.momberg@gmail.com> wrote:
I posted in the users list about how to populate the ISO so it actually functions as intended. This may be common knowledge so if it is redundant, apologies. My ISO domain did not populate automatically but with some research I found out how to utilize it and populate it. If you have it in place with the correct permissions and security, you can manually populate it using the api. From the engine host at the command prompt: # ovirt-iso-uploader list This gives you the name of your iso domain. If it prompts for a passwd, it should the the same as the admin@internal login. The to upload files and populate it: ovirt-iso-uploader -i ISO upload *.iso or *vfd for floppy images Eric Evans Digital Data Services LLC. 304.660.9080 From: Gal Zaidman <gzaidman@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 3:32 AM To: Heinrich Momberg <heinrich.momberg@gmail.com> Cc: users <users@ovirt.org> Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: Ovirt storage domain ovirt-image-repository is unattached and can't use change CD to install windows on VM On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 8:42 AM Heinrich Momberg <heinrich.momberg@gmail.com <mailto:heinrich.momberg@gmail.com> > wrote: Good day, Whenever i am trying to use the change CD to mount the ovirt tools iso so i can install windows server or any windows it says "could not find ISO file collection". The guest tools iso needs to be on an iso/data domain. Notice that if you are installing the VM from scratch it needs 2 things the windows iso as a CD for the installation and the drivers floppy to be able to access the storage on installation. see: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/htm... It doesn't pick up the hdd that i have created in the windwos setup so i have to do the whole ovirt tools mount and select the windows i want to insteall etc. Not sure what do you mean here, if you installed as the above procedure can you elaborate? It has been working fine until a couple of days ago when we had power outages. I also noticed that the storage domain,ovirt-image-repository is unattached... How do i go about fixing this problem or where can i check logs. https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Log_Files.html I have checked the permissions where the ISO's or images are stored. - What is the engine version? - Notice that we have a msi installer as part of the virtio-win package which is available upstream, the installer fixes issues that we had with win10 and above https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-vir... _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org <mailto:users@ovirt.org> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@ovirt.org <mailto:users-leave@ovirt.org> Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/7P35VYTYF5TMRQ...
This is what you should see if your images are uploaded and registered properly. Notice the iso and vfd extensions. Vfd- virtual floppy drive. That’s the one with drivers for windows and you need to load a driver in order for windows to see the disk. Eric Evans Digital Data Services LLC. 304.660.9080 From: eevans@digitaldatatechs.com <eevans@digitaldatatechs.com> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 11:14 AM To: 'Gal Zaidman' <gzaidman@redhat.com>; 'Heinrich Momberg' <heinrich.momberg@gmail.com> Cc: 'users' <users@ovirt.org> Subject: RE: [ovirt-users] Re: Ovirt storage domain ovirt-image-repository is unattached and can't use change CD to install windows on VM I posted in the users list about how to populate the ISO so it actually functions as intended. This may be common knowledge so if it is redundant, apologies. My ISO domain did not populate automatically but with some research I found out how to utilize it and populate it. If you have it in place with the correct permissions and security, you can manually populate it using the api. From the engine host at the command prompt: # ovirt-iso-uploader list This gives you the name of your iso domain. If it prompts for a passwd, it should the the same as the admin@internal login. The to upload files and populate it: ovirt-iso-uploader -i ISO upload *.iso or *vfd for floppy images Eric Evans Digital Data Services LLC. 304.660.9080 From: Gal Zaidman <gzaidman@redhat.com <mailto:gzaidman@redhat.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 3:32 AM To: Heinrich Momberg <heinrich.momberg@gmail.com <mailto:heinrich.momberg@gmail.com> > Cc: users <users@ovirt.org <mailto:users@ovirt.org> > Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: Ovirt storage domain ovirt-image-repository is unattached and can't use change CD to install windows on VM On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 8:42 AM Heinrich Momberg <heinrich.momberg@gmail.com <mailto:heinrich.momberg@gmail.com> > wrote: Good day, Whenever i am trying to use the change CD to mount the ovirt tools iso so i can install windows server or any windows it says "could not find ISO file collection". The guest tools iso needs to be on an iso/data domain. Notice that if you are installing the VM from scratch it needs 2 things the windows iso as a CD for the installation and the drivers floppy to be able to access the storage on installation. see: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/htm... It doesn't pick up the hdd that i have created in the windwos setup so i have to do the whole ovirt tools mount and select the windows i want to insteall etc. Not sure what do you mean here, if you installed as the above procedure can you elaborate? It has been working fine until a couple of days ago when we had power outages. I also noticed that the storage domain,ovirt-image-repository is unattached... How do i go about fixing this problem or where can i check logs. https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Log_Files.html I have checked the permissions where the ISO's or images are stored. - What is the engine version? - Notice that we have a msi installer as part of the virtio-win package which is available upstream, the installer fixes issues that we had with win10 and above https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-vir... _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org <mailto:users@ovirt.org> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@ovirt.org <mailto:users-leave@ovirt.org> Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/7P35VYTYF5TMRQ...
Not sure if this has been answered or not. Click on the unattached domain, go to datacenter and click on the datacenter. Find the detached storage domain and click attach. It should be fairly straightt forward as long as the storage is still available. One issue I had was the nfs service wasn't running. Once I restarted it, everything came back online. Eric Evans Digital Data Services LLC. 304.660.9080 -----Original Message----- From: Heinrich Momberg <heinrich.momberg@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 1:41 AM To: users@ovirt.org Subject: [ovirt-users] Ovirt storage domain ovirt-image-repository is unattached and can't use change CD to install windows on VM Good day, Whenever i am trying to use the change CD to mount the ovirt tools iso so i can install windows server or any windows it says "could not find ISO file collection".It doesn't pick up the hdd that i have created in the windwos setup so i have to do the whole ovirt tools mount and select the windows i want to insteall etc. It has been working fine until a couple of days ago when we had power outages. I also noticed that the storage domain,ovirt-image-repository is unattached... How do i go about fixing this problem or where can i check logs. I have checked the permissions where the ISO's or images are stored. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/7P35VYTYF5TMRQ...
Use the run once and in the boot section, chose the proper floppy driver image. If you uploaded it to the ISO domain properly, once you check the box, you should see the choice of which floppy to use. The cdrom should be there as well. I loaded Windows 10 and Server 2016 both with no issue. You have to have the ISO domain populated and when you click on it in the GUI you should see the images. If you don't see them, they are not uploaded and registered correctly.
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