[xcat-user] How can i find iso images that support kvm/libvirt for xCAT cloning?

[Nora D]

I want to use xCAT's sysclone for cloning a golden client's iso image. The golden client is going to be created by xCAT.

However, I need to work with iso images that support kvm/libvirt.

Note:
My host machine is Ubuntu Desktop 16. My xCAT master node is a kvm/libvirt virtual machine that is going to provision other virtual machines on my host machine. My golden client is going to be one of those virtual machines as well and is going to be used for cloning and therefore deploying the clone images on the other machines.
(in other words, my xCAT environment is local and virtual).

So, how can i find iso images that support kvm/libvirt ?

Or is there a simple way that I just move a cloned image into xCAT and use it?

Please I need advice.

Please help me I am a total beginner in Linux.

Thanks.

[Mark Gurevich]

Nora,

You do not need special kvm/libvirt images to provision VMs with. The same
image can be used by xCAT to install a VM or a bare metal server.
We expect users to find their own .iso files for the OS and architecture
they want. For example you can search on "ubuntu 16.04" and find this
link:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/xenial/daily/current/

From there you can download appropriate .iso file. Then you can run

"copycds" command on that .iso file to generate osimage object for xCAT
use.

Mark Gurevich
Poughkeepsie Development Lab
HPC Software Development - xCAT

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research,
would it?"
--Albert Einstein





From: Nora D <***@live.com>
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Date: 03/29/2017 03:07 AM
Subject: [xcat-user] How can i find iso images that support
kvm/libvirt for xCAT cloning?



I want to use xCAT's sysclone for cloning a golden client's iso image. The
golden client is going to be created by xCAT.

However, I need to work with iso images that support kvm/libvirt.

Note:
My host machine is Ubuntu Desktop 16. My xCAT master node is a kvm/libvirt
virtual machine that is going to provision other virtual machines on my
host machine. My golden client is going to be one of those virtual
machines as well and is going to be used for cloning and therefore
deploying the clone images on the other machines.
(in other words, my xCAT environment is local and virtual).

So, how can i find iso images that support kvm/libvirt ?

Or is there a simple way that I just move a cloned image into xCAT and use
it?

Please I need advice.

Please help me I am a total beginner in Linux.

Thanks.