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Creating Windows Virtual Machine images for use with ESXi compute clusters in HP CloudSystem
Step 8: Load images into CloudSystem
There are two ways to make images available for users in CloudSystem:
Upload the image into the CloudSystem Glance repository on the CloudSystem management appliance.
Present the image on an accessible HTTP server to CloudSystem.
There are three tools available for image upload:
CLI option for images 20 GB or greater.
See Using the CLI to upload an image
CloudSystem Portal option
See Using the CloudSystem Portal to upload an image
CloudSystem Console option
See Using the CloudSystem Console to upload an image
Using the CLI option to upload an image
1. Install the CLI package that contains the Glance ‘image-create’ option.
For instructions on installing the CLI packages for Windows and Linux, see the HP CloudSystem 8.1 Installation and
Configuration Guide in the
Enterprise Information Library.
2. From the CLI, run the command to upload an image:
glance --insecure image-create <Image Name>
IMPORTANT: You can set the CloudSystem properties for the image in the upload command using the --property
flag. If you want to add the properties at this point, see
step 9.
Using the CloudSystem Portal to upload an image
1. Open a supported browser to https://<Appliance_IP>/portal/project.
Check the browser upload limitations. Chrome tends to support the largest upload size at 20 GB. If the image is larger
than this, you must use the CLI upload option.
2. From the CloudSystem Portal Project tab, select Images & Snapshots.
3. Upload the image:
a. Click + Create image.
b. Enter a name for the image.
c. Enter a description for the image.
d. For the image source, select Image File.
e. For the image file, browse to the file you want to upload.
f. For the format, select VMDK.
g. Enter the minimum disk value to assign to the image.
If you choose to add a value, it will be the smallest available disk size of the image when launched as a VM.
Users can control the size using flavors, but regardless of the value in the flavor, this setting will be the lower
limit.
h. Enter the minimum RAM value for the image.
If you choose to add a value, it will be the lowest RAM available to the image when launched as a VM. Users
can control the value using flavors, but regardless of the value in the flavor, this setting will be the lower limit.
i. Select the Public check box.
j. Click Create image.
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