Users Guide

Network Virtualization Portlets | Virtualization Management
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 927
Pop-Up Menu
The Software Images pop-up menu provides access to the following options. Right-click a row to
access these options (Table 18-3).
Table 18-3. Software Images Pop-Up Menu Options
Menu Option Description
New Opens the Creating new Software Image window, where you specify the details
used to create an image. You can also create an image using the Manage option.
Edit Opens the Editing Software Image window, where you modify the general image
details or simply view the image details.
Click Vim Images > Edit icon to view the VIM image details or select whether
the image is a master copy. By default, Master Copy is not selected.
Details Displays the general details provided when you created the image, a reference
tree, alarms, and event history details for the selected image. Click Return to
previous to return to the Software Images portlet.
Manage Opens the Manage new Software Image from VIM Parameters window, where you
create a software image so it is available from the catalog to deploy to other VIMs.
This method of creating a software image is useful when you are not sure of all the
parameters needed when creating an image using the New option.
Download Opens the Save VIM Image to Disk Parameters window, where you specify where
to store the image backup and then execute the download.
Deploy Pushes the software image out to VIMs under management so that the same
image is available across all your VIMs or datacenters. A deployed image can then
be turned up (activated and provisioned) for a specific virtualization deployment
unit (VDU) within a virtualized network function (VNF).
Undeploy Removes the selected image’s availability from your VIMS or datacenters. Some
reasons for undeploying an image that is no longer needed are the service is no
longer offered or perhaps the VDU was updated to a newer image and the only
image is no longer needed.
Caution: This also removes the OpenStack project image instance, which can cause issues
with anything using that image.
Delete Removes the selected images from the system.
Caution: Deleting an image can cause anything using that image to fail.
Audit Trail Opens the Audit Trail Viewer window, which displays a list of actions that
occurred for the selected image. Select an audit record and the job record displays
its status and any other job-related information.
Import/Export Provides the following actions when available for the selected image:
• Import retrieves a file containing XML image descriptions. Some imports can
come from a URL.
• Export Selection exports the selected image description to an XML file.
• Export All exports all image descriptions to an XML file.
Click Download Export File to specify where to save the file.
The Import/Export option is useful as a backup or to share descriptors with other
projects.
Share with User Opens the Share with User window, where you select a user to which you want to
share the selected asset and then enter a message. You can share with colleagues
existing on your system.
Note: Sharing only handles one item so it uses the first one in the selection.