Iso to datastore vm images?

[Neonewbie]

Hi guys how do i.

get my iso image that i have on a usb drive into the datastore vm images folder.

so that i can load my OS from it.

regards

Neo

[a_p_]

Connect to the ESX host with the vSphere Client, open the datastore browser and upload the ISO files.

André

[Neonewbie]

thanks im struggling to find the data store browser.

any clues

[a_p_]

Right click a datastore and you will have the option to open the datastore browser.

André

[Neonewbie]

ok found data store browser under summery in main server.

but it only shows the one new VM data store area.

not

datastore vm images folder?

where do i find that. or can i even get access to store my iso there?

[a_p_]

The vm images folder is part of the ESX installation and limited in space and you should not add ISO files to it.

Best parctice is to create your own folder on a datastore (e.g. ISO-Repository) and upload your ISO files to this folder.

André

[Neonewbie]

thanks ill try it.

what size limit is the vmimages store.?

my iso is 3.55GB

[f10]

There is no limit as such, use the command # df -h to monitor the root file system size and ensure that the used % is not more than 90%. Its a best practice cuz if we don't have available space for the root file system hostd acts crazy and the server might get disconnected from VC or the networking configuration would be lost :smileyhappy:

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[f10]

You may also connect to the ESX host using WinScp and browse to the root directory and copy the ISO to the /vmimages folder, I carefull when you upload large iso's since that would use all the available space in the root directory.

Hope this helps :smileyhappy:

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