[ovirt-users] change tmp directory when importing VMs

[Cam Mac]

Sure, will do Yaniv, thanks!

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:52 PM, Yaniv Kaul <ykaul at 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 at 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 at 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 at gmail.com>
>>> > To: "users" <users at 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 at 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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