In order to boot a virtual machine in a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) environment using Acronis bootable media, follow these steps:
- Upload ISO image to virtual machine hosted on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
- Launch RHEV Manager Administration portal.
- On the side pane, select the Tree tab. On System, click the + icon to display the available data centers.
- Double-click the Default data center and click Storage. The available storage domains display on the results list. Click New Domain.
- When the New Domain dialog box displays, in Domain Function / Storage Type select ISO:
- From the host machine, run the below command to upload the ISO image to ISO domain.
rhevm-iso-uploader -v --iso-domain=ISO upload /<ISO_Path>
For example:
rhevm-iso-uploader -v --iso-domain=ISO upload /tmp/rhel-server-5.8-x86_64-dvd.iso - After the images have been uploaded, check that they are available for use in the Manager Administration portal.
- Navigate to the Tree and click Expand All.
- Under Storage, click the name of the ISO domain. It displays in the results list. Click on it to display its details pane.
- On the details pane, select Images tab. The list of available images should populate with the files which you have uploaded:
- Select Virtual Machine, edit the settings and select Attach ISO.
- Select the ISO image from the ISO domain.
- Power on the Virtual Machine.