Chapter 7 Add Resources to Storage Repository

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This figure shows the visual indicator that shows where you are in the tutorial. The Add resources to a storage repository option is option is selected. This is step six of a seven step process.

Virtual machines require some form of installation media, whether it be a virtual machine template, virtual disk, ISO file, or mounted ISO file. Different domain types may require different installation source files. You can read about the different installation media in How is a Guest OS Installed on a Virtual Machine?.

The following examples show you how to import a virtual appliance, a virtual machine template, and an ISO file which are used in later steps to create virtual machines. A virtual machine template contains virtual machine configuration information, virtual disks that contain the operating system and any application software, packaged as an Oracle VM template file. A virtual appliance is similar to a virtual machine template, but in the open standard Open Virtualization Format (OVF) format, or Open Virtualization Archive (OVA) format. Older Oracle VM template files were packaged as Oracle VM template files, and the more recent templates are packaged in OVF/OVA format as virtual appliances. An operating system ISO file is an image of the CDROM or DVD used to perform an operating system installation.

In this tutorial we use a virtual appliance, a virtual machine template and an Oracle Linux ISO file downloaded from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud:

https://edelivery.oracle.com/linux

To complete all the examples in this tutorial, download an Oracle VM template, either in the OVF/OVA format or as an Oracle VM template. Also download an ISO file of the Oracle Linux operating system. Uncompress (unzip) the Oracle VM template file so that it is in the template.tgz format, not the downloaded template.zip format. If you downloaded an Oracle VM template in OVF/OVA format, uncompress (unzip) the file so that it is in the template.ova format. Save the template files and ISO file on a web server. Templates and other installation media must be available on a web server, ftp server or NFS share before being imported into Oracle VM Manager.

7.1 Importing a virtual appliance

This example shows you how to import a virtual appliance. If you downloaded an Oracle VM template from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud which contains a template.ova file, you should use this procedure to import the virtual appliance. A virtual appliance is the most recent format that Oracle uses to publish Oracle VM templates. Replace the name and URL of the following example with that of your virtual appliance.

To import a virtual appliance:

  1. Click the Repositories tab. Select the repository in which to import the virtual appliance. Click Virtual Appliances in the navigation tree.

  2. Click Import Virtual Appliance... Import Virtual Appliance... icon in the management pane toolbar.

    This figure shows the Import Virtual Appliance icon in the Repositories tab.
    Click to view larger image repo_assembly_import_snip.png

  3. The Import Virtual Appliance dialog box is displayed. Enter the URL to the virtual appliance you downloaded and stored on a web server, and the IP address or hostname of an optional proxy server to use when importing the virtual appliance. Click OK to import the virtual appliance.

    This figure shows the Import Virtual Appliance dialog box.

    The import job can take some time to complete. When the import job is complete, the new virtual appliance is listed in the table.

    This figure shows the imported virtual appliance in the Virtual Appliances folder in the Repositories tab.
    Click to view larger image repo_assembly_imported.png

7.2 Importing a virtual machine template

This example shows you how to import a virtual machine template. If you downloaded an Oracle VM template from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud which contains an template.tgz file, you should use this procedure to import the template. This format of a template is the older format used by Oracle to publish Oracle VM templates. Replace the name and URL of the template with that of your template.

To import a virtual machine template:

  1. Click the Repositories tab. Select the repository in which to import the template. Select VM Templates in the navigation tree.

  2. Click Import VM Template... Import VM Template... icon in the management pane toolbar.

    This figure shows the Import VM Template icon in the Repositories tab.
    Click to view larger image repo_templ_import_snip.png

  3. The Import VM Template dialog box is displayed. Enter the URL to the template you downloaded and stored on a web server, and the IP address or hostname of an optional proxy server to use when importing the template. Click OK to import the template.

    This figure shows the Import Template dialog box.

    The import job can take some time to complete. When the import job is complete, the new template is listed in the table.

    This figure shows the imported virtual machine template in the VM Templates folder in the Repositories tab.
    Click to view larger image repo_templ_imported.png

7.3 Importing an ISO file

This example shows you how to import the Oracle Linux ISO file you downloaded from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. Replace the name and URL of the ISO file with that of your file.

To import an ISO file:

  1. Click the Repositories tab. Select the repository in which to import the ISO file. Select ISOs in the navigation tree.

  2. Click Import ISO... Import ISO... icon in the management pane toolbar.

    This figure shows the Import ISO icon in the Repositories tab.
    Click to view larger image repo_iso_import_snip.png

  3. The Import ISO dialog box is displayed.

    Enter the URL to the ISO file you want to import, and the IP address or hostname of an optional proxy server to use when importing the ISO file. Click OK to import the ISO file.

    This figure shows the Import ISO dialog box.

    The import job can take some time to complete. When the import job is complete, the ISO file appears in the table.

    This figure shows the Repositories tab with the ISOs folder selected, and the imported ISO file displayed in the management pane.
    Click to view larger image repo_iso_imported.png

See Understanding Repositories for information on importing, managing and using virtual machine resources.

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