Create local ISO repository XenServer 6

This time I’ll show you how to create local ISO repository for your XenServer 6 host.

First let’s check the available disk space

You do that with the df command: 

df -h

Read more about the  df [Command]

As you see there is not a lot of space available for an ISO repository on /dev/sdb1

Let’s create  a new Logical Volume (LV)

To do this we need to check the available physical disk space:

Type the following to check available physical disk space

pvs

 

I am going to use  /dev/sdb3 VG_XenStorage-62aac8ce-f974-9ecc-5a6f-6e601fcef97a

Now lets check the Volume Group(s) (VG):

Type vgs to check the Volume Group(s)**

vgs

 

 

 Let’s create the new LV in the Volume Group

I have decided to create a 20G ISO storage for my server so let’s create the new LV.

Type: lvcreate -L 20G -n isoImages And your VG_XenStorage**

lvcreate -L 20G -n isoImages VG_XenStorage-62aac8ce-f974-9ecc-5a6f-6e601fcef97a

 

 

Create filesystem on our newly created Logical Volume (LV)

type mkfs.ext3 /dev/And your VG_XenStorage

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb3 VG_XenStorage-62aac8ce-f974-9ecc-5a6f-6e601fcef97a

 

Create a mount point

Type the following to create isoImage under /mnt directory

mkdir /mnt/isoImages

Update changes to The Volume Group

Now we must make the newly created Logical Volume in the Volume Group visible to the XenServer core system. We do that by typing:

vgchange -a y

 Now it’s time to create the ISO Repository

We use the command xe sr-create to make the ISO Repository

xe sr-create name-label=ISOimages type=iso device-config:location=/mnt/isoImages/ device-config:legacy_mode=true content-type=iso

Let’s check the new repository listing with: xe sr-list

uuid ( RO)                : f8c14526-f2b9-6fd3-dae4-00d111739b98
          name-label ( RW): ISOimage
    name-description ( RW):
                host ( RO): xenghetto.sitedevelopments.local
                type ( RO): iso
        content-type ( RO): iso

 Mount the ISO Repository

mount -t ext3 /dev/VG_XenStorage-62aac8ce-f974-9ecc-5a6f-6e601fcef97a/isoImages /mnt/isoImages

Edit /etc/fstab to make sure the isoImages mounts at reboot.

echo "/dev/VG_XenStorage-62aac8ce-f974-9ecc-5a6f-6e601fcef97a/isoImages /mnt/isoImages ext3 defaults 1 1" >> /etc/fstab

 

 Upload ISO’s to your ISO Repository.