7.7. Storage Tasks

Procedure 7.16. Populating the ISO Storage Domain

1. Copy the required ISO image to a temporary directory on the system running Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
2. Log in to the system running Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager as the root user.
3. Use the engine-iso-uploader command to upload the ISO image. This action will take some time. The amount of time varies depending on the size of the image being uploaded and available network bandwidth.

   Example 7.1. ISO Uploader Usage

   In this example the ISO image RHEL6.iso is uploaded to the ISO domain called ISODomain using NFS. The command will prompt for an administrative user name and password. The user name must be provided in the form user name@domain.

   # engine-iso-uploader --iso-domain=ISODomain upload RHEL6.iso

Procedure 7.17. Moving storage domains to maintenance mode

1. Shut down all the virtual machines running on the storage domain.
2. Click the Storage resource tab and select a storage domain.
3. Click the Data Centers tab in the details pane.
4. Click Maintenance to open the Storage Domain maintenance confirmation window.
5. Click OK to initiate maintenance mode. The storage domain is deactivated and has an Inactive status in the results list.

Procedure 7.18. Editing an Active Storage Domain

1. Click the Storage tab and select a storage domain.
2. Click Edit.
3. Edit the available fields as required.
4. Click OK.

Procedure 7.19. Editing an Inactive Storage Domain

1. Click the Storage tab and select a storage domain.
2. If the storage domain is active, click the Data Center tab in the details pane and click Maintenance.
3. Click Edit.
4. Edit the storage path and other details as required. The new connection details must be of the same storage type as the original connection.
5. Click OK.
6. Click the Data Center tab in the details pane and click Activate.

1. Click the Storage resource tab and select an inactive storage domain in the results list.
2. Click the Data Centers tab in the details pane.
3. Select the appropriate storage domain and click Activate.

   Important

   If you attempt to activate the ISO domain before activating the data domain, an error message displays and the domain is not activated.

Procedure 7.20. Removing a Storage Domain

1. Click the Storage resource tab and select the appropriate storage domain in the results list.
2. Move the domain into maintenance mode to deactivate it.
3. Detach the domain from the data center.
4. Click Remove to open the Remove Storage confirmation window.
5. Select a host from the list.
6. Click OK to remove the storage domain and close the window.

Procedure 7.21. Destroying a Storage Domain

1. Use the Storage resource tab, tree mode, or the search function to find and select the appropriate storage domain in the results list.
2. Right-click the storage domain and select Destroy to open the Destroy Storage Domain confirmation window.
3. Select the Approve operation check box and click OK to destroy the storage domain and close the window.

Procedure 7.22. Detaching a Storage Domain from the Data Center

1. Click the Storage resource tab, and select a storage domain from the results list.
2. Click the Data Centers tab in the details pane and select the storage domain.
3. Click Maintenance to open the Maintenance Storage Domain(s) confirmation window.
4. Click OK to initiate maintenance mode.
5. Click Detach to open the Detach Storage confirmation window.
6. Click OK to detach the storage domain.

Procedure 7.23. Attaching a Storage Domain to a Data Center

1. Click the Storage resource tab, and select a storage domain from the results list.
2. Click the Data Centers tab in the details pane.
3. Click Attach to open the Attach to Data Center window.
4. Select the radio button of the appropriate data center.
5. Click OK to attach the storage domain.