Performing Image Management

Using Command Center administrators manage virtual machine images for:

• VPSA

• VPSA Object storage

• CCVM

Cloud administrator can pull specific images from a repository and set a set of images a default, Default images will be the ones deployed when a new VPSA instance is crated.

Pulling Package And Registering Images

To make new virtual machine images available for cloud users image packages must be pulled from Zadara repository and the images registered register. To pull image packages from the Zadara repository click on the icon on the top right part of the screen and select manage cloud packages from the drop down menu. Make sure that you repository location is set to default as shown below, a list of available image packages should appear. You can regenerate the list of packages available in the repository by clicking the refresh icon next to the screen title.

Note

Zadara storage public image repository is: s3://zadarastorage-install/ and it is set as the default Command center repository.

To download a specific package locate it on the package list, make sure its status is Available for download and click the Download button.

To register mages from the downloaded package go to the Command center Images tab and click on the Register image from local repository button. On the popup dialog that will appear wait for the package version list to load and select the specific version from which you would like to register the images. Select the Images you would like to register (VPSA, Object storage or CCVM) and weather you would like to set them as the default image for new VPSA deployments and click the Register button to confirm the operation.

Note

You can set a specific image as default at any time by clicking the downward arrow button for the specific image and select Set default from the drop down menu.

A registered image can be later deleted by clicking the downward arrow button for the specific image and select Delete from the drop down menu.