Storage

The Storage page lists the available storage pools, including the out of box 'default' and 'ISO' storage pool. If you want to use your own ISO, please add it to 'ISO' storage pool path.

For each storage pool, the following information is displayed:

Name
Name of the storage pool.
% Used
Percentage of the storage pool that is being used.
State
State of the storage pool, active (green) or inactive (red).
Location
File path to the location of the storage pool.
Type
Type of storage pool, for example, dir.
Capacity
Amount of space in the storage pool.
Allocated
Amount of space that is already allocated in the storage pool.

The following actions can be selected for each storage pool:

To display storage volume details for a storage pool, click the arrow on the right side of the storage pool row. To define a storage pool, click the plus (+) icon.

Define a storage pool

Define a storage pool.

  1. In the Storage pool name field, type the name to be used to identify the storage pool.
  2. In the Storage pool type list, select the type:
    DIR
    Specifies a directory pool. When selecting DIR, type the Storage path (file path to the storage pool).
    NFS
    Specifies a network filesystem pool. When selecting NFS, type the NFS server IP address and NFS path (path of the exported directory).
    iSCSI
    Specifies a pool based on a target allocated on an iSCSI server. When selecting iSCSI, type the iSCSI server IP address and Target on the iSCSI server. You can optionally select to add iSCSI authentication.
    Logical
    Specifies a logical volume storage pool. Select the location to the device in Device path.
    SCSI Fibre Channel
    Specifies a pool based on an SCSI Fibre Channel. Select which SCSI adapter to use.
  3. Specify a storage path for the storage pool. The storage path is the location in the local file system that the pool is mapped to. The path must be unique. If the directory does not exist when the pool is created, it will be created for you.
  4. Click Create.

Add volume

Adds volume to a storage pool.

Fetch from remote URL
Specifies a location to download the volume from. For example: https://my-server/fedora22.img.
Upload a file
Specifies a location on your local system.