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Step-by-step guide

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  1. Login to https://vss-portal.eis.utoronto.ca
  2. Look for the VM to edit and click 
  3. From the VM tab, click con SPECS 
  4. From the CD/DVD dropdown select the ISO image to mount
  5. Click on SAVE.
Note

If the ISO file you need is not listed in the dropdown list, please follow the article Upload an ISO image to VSS and 710836212.



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Using https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca or a local VSS CLI install

  1. Get VM Uuid (Optional)

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    vss-cli compute vm ls -f name ecstatic_mccarthy
    uuid                                  name
    ------------------------------------  -----------------------
    501220a5-a091-1866-9741-664236067142  1611T-ecstatic_mccarthy


  2. Get ISO path to mount:

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    vss-cli compute iso public ls -f name CentOS-7
    
      ID  PATH                                                           NAME
    ----  -------------------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------
     246  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1708.iso           CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1708.iso
     104  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1708.iso    CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1708.iso
     105  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso         CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso
     113  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1611.iso       CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1611.iso
     119  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1708.iso       CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1708.iso
     122  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.iso       CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.iso
     123  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Minimal.iso     CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Minimal.iso
     240  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1708.iso       CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1708.iso
     297  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1810.iso    CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1810.iso
     298  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810.iso           CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810.iso
     299  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1810.iso     CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1810.iso
     300  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1810.iso       CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1810.iso
     117  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-NetInstall.iso  CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-NetInstall.iso
     271  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso    CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso
     272  [vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1804.iso       CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1804.iso


  3. Submit a request to mount the ISO image:

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    vss-cli compute vm set {VmName-or-Uuid} cd --iso CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso 1


Note

If the ISO file you need is not listed, please follow the article Upload an ISO image to VSS and 710836212.

For more information, please refer to Manage Floppy, ISOs and OVA/OVF Images.


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  1. Send an email to vss(at)eis.utoronto.ca requesting to load any ISO
  2. Wait for email confirmation


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