7.3 Importing resources to a storage repository

To import an assembly to the storage repository, use the following syntax:

importAssembly Repository instance url=value [ proxy=value ]

For example:

OVM> importAssembly Repository name=MyRepository url="http:////example.com//myassembly.ova"

For more information on the syntax and usage, see Section A.115, “importAssembly”.

To import a virtual machine template to the storage repository, use the following syntax:

importTemplate Repository instance url=value [ proxy=value ]

For example:

OVM> importTemplate Repository name=MyRepository url="http:////example.com//mytemplate.tgz"

For more information on the syntax and usage, see Section A.116, “importTemplate”.

To import an ISO file to the storage repository, use the following syntax:

importVirtualCdrom Repository instance url=value [ proxy=value ]

For example:

OVM> importVirtualCdrom Repository name=MyRepository url="http:////example.com//myiso.iso"

For more information on the syntax and usage, see Section A.117, “importVirtualCdrom”.