This is a tool to help with managing of resources in IBM Power Systems Virtual Server.
- Go to the releases page
- Select the latest release and download the relevant binary under the Assets section.
- Run the
pvsadm --help
command to check the available subcommands and the options.
Sub command under the pvsadm tool to perform image related tasks like image conversion, uploading and importing into the IBM Power Systems Virtual Server instances. For more information, refer to the pvsadm image --help
command.
The typical image workflow comprises of the following steps:
- Download the qcow2 image.
- Convert the downloaded qcow2 image to ova using
pvsadm image qcow2ova
command. - Upload the ova image to IBM Cloud Object Store Bucket using
pvsadm image upload
command. - Import the ova image to IBM Power Systems Virtual Server instances using
pvsadm image import
command.