2013-12-24 2 Create Repository


Overview

The repository needs to be set up for the OVM Server.

References

Design Decisions

In Oracle VM: OVS Repository Design and Storage Considerations (Doc ID 794198.1) , several design criteria are enumerated. My design decisions are as follows:

  1. Non-shared OVS repository storage is chosen because I have a single server for use by OVM.
  2. Non-shared OVS repository filesystem is chosen because I have chosen non-shared OVS repository storage.
  3. Single OVS repository is chosen because I want a simple installation.
  4. Repository storage Sizing is chosen to fill the unallocated storage.
  5. Resource placement is set because there is a single repository.

Procedure

From Oracle VM Server Repository - Directory Structure and Usage (OVM2) (Doc ID 468101.1) , the following directories are created:

cd /OVS
mkdir iso_pool
mkdir publish_pool
mkdir seed_pool
mkdir shareDisk
mkdir running_pool

An additional directory was created for the extraction of uploaded template files:

cd /OVS
mkdir scratch