question about KVM linux and adding the iso file

willc86 · 05-22-2015, 01:50 PM

Hey guys, well everything went fine with KVM. My question is, how can I point the iso from a remote server? when I run KVM, it is only giving me options to find an iso locally.

would a symlink pointing to the file in the remote samba server do the trick?

willc86 · 05-22-2015, 04:27 PM

i added an image to help you guys understand a little better if it was needed. i have an iso on the seperate server, was just wondering if it can be reached?

Tadaen · 05-22-2015, 11:51 PM

Mount the samba share locally then just browse to it like any other file.

jefro · 05-23-2015, 03:32 PM

I've never tried cifs/samba for this. I've mounted iso images for access like updates and such for systems that didn't have an optical drive. I think it could work.

A somewhat complex way might be to mount it to iscsi.

Less complex might be nfs.

I think this is what you are looking at. http://en.community.dell.com/techcen...mote-iscsi-lun