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VSS CLI

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Get VM Uuid 

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ITS Private Cloud 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.

Info

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.

Command-Line Interface

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

  1. Get ISO id or name to mount:

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     vss-cli compute contentlib iso ls -f name

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    520d298f-8afb-476a-9244-a970e5e…  ubuntu-22.04-beta-live-server-a…  VSS-Nix         1464485888
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  1.  ubuntu-22.10-desktop-amd64        VSS-Nix         4071903232
    

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  1. bf2b-737b889…  ubuntu-20.04.5-live-server-amd6…  VSS-Nix         1406533632
    21cb58c7-614c-4ea5-8328-8e6ae81…  ubuntu-22.04.1-live-server-amd6…  VSS-Nix         1474873344
    d12541f1-d11a-43a6-9de6-86dd1fb…  ubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64      VSS-Nix         3826831360
  2. Submit a request to mount the ISO image:

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    vss-cli compute vm set 

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Web UI

  1. Log in to https://hig.eis.utoronto.ca
  2. Go to VM Change Request form.
  3. Fill out the info data. Click Next.
  4. Select the Virtual Machine you wish to mount the ISO on. Click Next.
  5. Select as VM Property "CD/DVD Device"
  6. Select the CD/DVD unit number (usually is 1).
  7. Select ISO File as Backend.
  8. Select from the Dropdown which ISO File should be mounted. 
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  9. Click Next, Preview and Submit.

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Info

If the ISO file you need is not listed in the dropdown list, please follow the article Upload an ISO image to VSS and then submit a change request Load an ISO image in a Virtual Machine.

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

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