HMC

Hello,

    I'm trying to   fully automate my vHMC instances  with the "Activation Engine" setup, However  Im unclear on how to put it all together or how it works . Can someone show me an example or how to set it up  or what to put in the Disk space. 

• If you are using the Activation Engine, replace AEDISK with the name of Activation Engine virtual disk image. Otherwise, remove the disk element.

i assume  example:

   <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
      <source file='DISK_PATH'/>    <---------- Location  of the  disk1.img
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='AEDISK'/>            <------- replace  "AEDISK"  with  what ?? 
      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>  

Im running it on  x86 KVM

Hi Marvin.,

The "DISK_PATH" is the location of the virtual machine image that will be included in the vHMC bundle. After extracting the bundle, the user can access disk1.img; Please provide the full qualified path to the file.

The AEDISK is the location of the activation engine iso file, which must be provided by the user in order for network and other configurations to be enabled during automatic deployment. The Readme.pdf packaged with tar explains how to create an activation engine. The user_data is the sample example file to generate the activation engine. 

Hello,

    I'm trying to   fully automate my vHMC instances  with the "Activation Engine" setup, However  Im unclear on how to put it all together or how it works . Can someone show me an example or how to set it up  or what to put in the Disk space. 

• If you are using the Activation Engine, replace AEDISK with the name of Activation Engine virtual disk image. Otherwise, remove the disk element.

i assume  example:

   <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
      <source file='DISK_PATH'/>    <---------- Location  of the  disk1.img
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='AEDISK'/>            <------- replace  "AEDISK"  with  what ?? 
      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>  

Im running it on  x86 KVM

Hi Marvin.,

The "DISK_PATH" is the location of the virtual machine image that will be included in the vHMC bundle. After extracting the bundle, the user can access disk1.img; Please provide the full qualified path to the file.

The AEDISK is the location of the activation engine iso file, which must be provided by the user in order for network and other configurations to be enabled during automatic deployment. The Readme.pdf packaged with tar explains how to create an activation engine. The user_data is the sample example file to generate the activation engine. 

Hello,

    I'm trying to   fully automate my vHMC instances  with the "Activation Engine" setup, However  Im unclear on how to put it all together or how it works . Can someone show me an example or how to set it up  or what to put in the Disk space. 

• If you are using the Activation Engine, replace AEDISK with the name of Activation Engine virtual disk image. Otherwise, remove the disk element.

i assume  example:

   <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
      <source file='DISK_PATH'/>    <---------- Location  of the  disk1.img
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='AEDISK'/>            <------- replace  "AEDISK"  with  what ?? 
      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>  

Im running it on  x86 KVM

Hello again  Santhosh,

   Do you know what reason would the info in the "user_data" would not apply  it self ?  like example adding a pre fill out the IPV4 address or  skip the keyboard and or wizard ? for some reason i still have to do all that. i would like that to be all automated ..  

Hi Marvin.,

The "DISK_PATH" is the location of the virtual machine image that will be included in the vHMC bundle. After extracting the bundle, the user can access disk1.img; Please provide the full qualified path to the file.

The AEDISK is the location of the activation engine iso file, which must be provided by the user in order for network and other configurations to be enabled during automatic deployment. The Readme.pdf packaged with tar explains how to create an activation engine. The user_data is the sample example file to generate the activation engine. 

Hello,

    I'm trying to   fully automate my vHMC instances  with the "Activation Engine" setup, However  Im unclear on how to put it all together or how it works . Can someone show me an example or how to set it up  or what to put in the Disk space. 

• If you are using the Activation Engine, replace AEDISK with the name of Activation Engine virtual disk image. Otherwise, remove the disk element.

i assume  example:

   <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
      <source file='DISK_PATH'/>    <---------- Location  of the  disk1.img
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='AEDISK'/>            <------- replace  "AEDISK"  with  what ?? 
      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>  

Im running it on  x86 KVM

Hi Marvin.,

The user_data is a sample example included in the bundle. This must be filled out by the administrator based on the environment where the automation is required for deployment. Ex: ip, subnet details, disk paths. All of these details will change depending on the environment. 

Regards.,

Samaka

Hello again  Santhosh,

   Do you know what reason would the info in the "user_data" would not apply  it self ?  like example adding a pre fill out the IPV4 address or  skip the keyboard and or wizard ? for some reason i still have to do all that. i would like that to be all automated ..  

Hi Marvin.,

The "DISK_PATH" is the location of the virtual machine image that will be included in the vHMC bundle. After extracting the bundle, the user can access disk1.img; Please provide the full qualified path to the file.

The AEDISK is the location of the activation engine iso file, which must be provided by the user in order for network and other configurations to be enabled during automatic deployment. The Readme.pdf packaged with tar explains how to create an activation engine. The user_data is the sample example file to generate the activation engine. 

Hello,

    I'm trying to   fully automate my vHMC instances  with the "Activation Engine" setup, However  Im unclear on how to put it all together or how it works . Can someone show me an example or how to set it up  or what to put in the Disk space. 

• If you are using the Activation Engine, replace AEDISK with the name of Activation Engine virtual disk image. Otherwise, remove the disk element.

i assume  example:

   <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
      <source file='DISK_PATH'/>    <---------- Location  of the  disk1.img
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='AEDISK'/>            <------- replace  "AEDISK"  with  what ?? 
      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>  

Im running it on  x86 KVM