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Step-by-step guide

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Portal
  1. Login to https://vss-portal.eis.utoronto.ca
  2. Look for the VM to edit and click Image Added
  3. From the VM tab, click con SPECS 
  4. From the CD/DVD dropdown select the ISO image to mount
    Image Added
  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 Load an ISO image in a Virtual Machine.



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

  1. Get VM Uuid 

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


  2. Get ISO path to mount:

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    vss compute iso ls -f name CentOS-7.0
path                                                           name
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[vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso         CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso
[vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-NetInstall.iso  CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-NetInstall.iso
[vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Minimal.iso     CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Minimal.iso

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  2. Submit a request to mount the ISO image:

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    vss compute vm set 501220a5-a091-1866-9741-664236067142 cd 1 --iso "[vss-ISOs] Linux/CentOS/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso"

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 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 Load an ISO image in a Virtual Machine.


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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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