[Users] What's the correct way to upload a VM ISO image?

[David Li]

Markus,

Before upload, where was your image located? On the engine? On a different machine? 

David



----- Original Message -----
> From: Markus Stockhausen <stockhausen at collogia.de>
> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>; "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 12:13 PM
> Subject: AW: [Users] What's the correct way to upload a VM ISO image?
> 
>>  Von: users-bounces at ovirt.org [users-bounces at ovirt.org]&quot; im Auftrag 
> von &quot;David Li [david_li at sbcglobal.net]
>>  Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Januar 2014 21:06
>> An: users at ovirt.org
>>  Betreff: [Users] What's the correct way to upload a VM ISO image?
>>  ...
>>  3. If I don't use engine-iso-uploader command, instead I prefer 
>>  to uploading the image myself. What is the right directory for 
>>  me to put my images in? Is it /var/lib/exports/iso on the machine 
>>  running the ovirt engine?
> 
> We use NFS and uploaded the first image with the Uploader to find
> the right location.Aat least in our case we have very cryptic directory
> names:
> 
> # pwd
> /rhev/data-center/mnt/10.10.30.253:_var_nas3_OVirtISO/bff3a2be-fdd9-4e37-b416-fa4ef7fafba2/images/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111
> # ls
> SLES-11-SP3-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD1.iso
> SLES-11-SP3-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD2.iso
> ...
> 
> Even if the root folders do not match in your case I expect similar 
> UUID based folder names.
> Markus
>