Mounting a USB Device or Network-mounted Folder on the ztC Edge System
You can mount (or unmount) a USB device or a network-mounted folder (that is, a directory) on the ztC Edge system using the Mount (or Unmount) button on the Virtual Machines page. Mounting a location makes it available to the primary node at the mount point /mnt/ft-export/. You can then export a VM on the primary node to the mounted location, or import a VM from the mounted location to the ztC Edge system. When the export or import is finished, use the Unmount button to unmount the location.
You can also mount a USB-attached SCSI (UAS) compliant device, and then use it to import to as well as restore or export from, in the same way that you can use other USB devices.
(If you need to mount a USB device, including a UAS device, in order to access the device in the guest operating system of a VM, see Attaching a USB Device to a Virtual Machine.)
- You cannot unmount a mounted location that is in use. For example, you cannot unmount a location while a VM is being exported or imported.
- The Stratus Redundant Linux software on ztC Edge systems does not support the exFAT File system. Before you mount a USB medium, format the device with NTFS. (By default, most USB media are formatted with the FAT file system, which has a limited file size of 4 GB that may be too small for most VMs.)
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If you are using a USB device to export or import a VM, attach the device to the current primary node for the system (displayed as noden (primary) on the Physical Machines page). Confirm that the system displays the USB device: navigate to the Physical Machines page, click the node to which you attached the device, and in the lower pane, select the USB Device tab. The USB device you attached should appear in the tab's display.
- If you are using a network-mounted folder for a Windows/CIFS share or an NFS export, create the folder in your environment where you can store the exported VM. Set full read/write permissions on the network-mounted folder to permit file transfers, or, for a Windows/CIFS share only, assign read/write permissions to a specific user on the system/domain that hosts the share. Record the URL or pathname of the NFS export or CIFS share as well as the username/password of the CIFS share, which you use when mounting an NFS export of CIFS share.
To mount a USB device or network-mounted folder
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On the Virtual Machines page, select a VM.
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In the lower pane, click the Mount button.
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Select one of the following for the mount point /mnt/ft-export/:
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Mount device via Windows Share (CIFS/SMB)
The mount location is a folder on a CIFS share. Enter a Username, Password, and Repository value. For Repository, enter a value in the format \\machine_URL\ShareName (for example, \\192.168.1.34\MyMountLocation).
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Mount device via NFS
The mount location is a folder on a remote system accessed through NFS. For Repository, enter the URL of the remote system in the format nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn (do not include http:// or https://).
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Mount USB
For USB partition list, select a partition from the pull-down menu.
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Click Mount.
The location is mounted on the primary node, and the Mount button changes to Unmount.
To unmount a USB device or network-mounted folder
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On the Virtual Machines page, select a VM.
- In the lower pane, click the Unmount button.
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A Confirm dialog box appear, asking if you are sure you want to unmount the location. Click Yes to unmount it.
The location is unmounted, and the Unmount button changes to Mount.
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