On Jan 3, 2013, at 13:05 , Frank Wall <fw...@inotronic.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using the REST API to change the boot device and attach CD-ROM images. > At least I try to... Currently I'm using the following calls to achieve this: > > Task: attach cdrom > Path: https://ovirt-engine.example.com/vms/%%%VM-ID%%%/cdroms > Method: POST > Data: <cdrom><file id='%%%FILE-ID%%%'/></cdrom> > > Task: change boot order > Path: https://ovirt-engine.example.com/vms/%%%VM-ID%%% > Method: PUT > Data: <vm><os><boot dev='%%%BOOT-DEVICE%%%'/></os></vm> > > > And it seems to work, because I can see the changes to the cdrom... > > <cdroms> > <cdrom href="/api/vms/VM-ID/cdroms/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" > id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"> > <vm href="/api/vms/VM-ID" id="VM-ID"/> > <file id="FreeBSD-8.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso"/> > </cdrom> > </cdroms> > > ...and the boot device is also changed... > > [...] > <os type="unassigned"> > <boot dev="cdrom"/> > </os> > [...] > > ...but the VM won't boot off the CD-ROM device, instead it just > boots from the first harddisk. So what am I doing wrong? > > Besides that I can see these settings on the oVirt Admin Portal, too. > The first boot device is "CD-ROM", the CD is attached and the Image is > "FreeBSD-8.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso". Looks good to me. But it still > won't boot from CD-ROM. > > The only way I am able to boot from CD-ROM is when using the > "Run once" function on the Admin Portal and configure the CD-ROM > device/image there (temporarely overwriting my config). > > It will NOT work if I configure the CD-ROM device through the REST > API or the Admin Portal. Just "Run Once" will do the right thing. Hi, regarding the Admin portal way - did you configure the order there or just look at it but it was originally configured via REST?
Thanks, michal > > Sounds strange, don't you think? So the question is: Is it a known > bug or did I broke something with the above API calls? > > # rpm -qa '*ovirt*' > ovirt-engine-sdk-3.1.0.4-1.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-config-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-restapi-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-image-uploader-3.1.0-0.git9c42c8.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-tools-common-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-iso-uploader-3.1.0-0.git1841d9.fc17.noarch > ovirt-log-collector-3.1.0-0.git10d719.fc17.noarch > ovirt-release-fedora-4-2.noarch > ovirt-engine-userportal-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-webadmin-portal-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-dbscripts-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-backend-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-setup-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-notification-service-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > ovirt-engine-genericapi-3.1.0-2.fc17.noarch > > > Thanks > - Frank > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
