Adding HP VSR

[abdel]

Dear all,
Please, can anyone share with the procedure, step-by-step, for adding HPE VSR 1000 (Comware 7 router).
I have found some explanations googling however it does not work - Thank you so much in advance for your very much appreciated input!

Kind regards

[mcat84]

First download the zip file from HP..for example VSR1000_HPE-CMW710-E0518-X64.zip

simple step.
1. extract the zip file....we just need the iso file.
2. rename the xxxxxx.iso to cdrom.iso

3. create a directory at eve-ng
mkdir /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/hpvsr-710-E0518/

4. copy the cdrom.iso to /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/hpvsr-710-E0518/

5. create a 10Gb hda.qcow2 file in /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/hpvsr-710-E0518/ directory
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/hpvsr-710-E0518# /opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 hda.qcow2 10G

6. fix permissions
/opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions

7. goto gui, create a new lab, add hpvsr..then start the node

8. Once start, select option 1 to install.....should be quite fast.

9. Once installed, it will ask you to reboot....so reboot

10. bla bla bla....just press ctrl-C to bypass the dhcp detection.....you will see your normal <HPE> prompt.

====> the following step is to write delta changes into original image

11. stop the node. check Lab detail and write down the ID.....for example my lab ID: 8c85f601-124a-4dee-9b29-e6889a6dfe8b

12. go to cli, change to following directory (the lab delta image should be at /opt/unetlab/tmp/ .....just locate the directory based on Lab ID)
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/tmp/0/8c85f601-124a-4dee-9b29-e6889a6dfe8b/1# <------ this is my lab directory...yours one should be different

13. inside the above directory, should have a hda.qcow2 file.

/opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img info hda.qcow2 ==> this will show where is the original image location ...e.g /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/hpvsr-710-E0518/

/opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img commit hda.qcow2 ==> this command will write the delta changes into the original image located at /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/hpvsr-710-E0518/hda.qcow2


14. now your image is ready....you can delete cdrom.iso file at /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/hpvsr-710-E0518/

15. fix permission and delete the lab.

16. start new lab with the new create the image.

[abdel]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for looking at my call and your much appreciated help.

Here the steps that worked for me, in addition to your valuable help. I managed to get it working before reading your message.

STEP-1: Download VSR1000_HPE-CMW710-R0326-X64.zip
STEP-2: Create directory, for example: /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/hpvsr-1000
STEP-3: Create tmp directory in your EVE host's home
STEP-4 : cd to /tmp
STEP-5: upload VSR1000_HPE-CMW710-R0326-X64.zip to /tmp
STEP-6: unzip VSR1000_HPE-CMW710-R0326-X64.zip in /tmp
STEP-7: tar xf VSR1000_HPE-CMW710-R0326-X64.ova
STEP-8 create an image /opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 VSR1000_HPE-CMW710-E0326-X64-disk1.vmdk /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/hpvsr-1000/
STEP-9: fixe the permissions /opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions
STEP-10: delete the /tmp directory rm -rf /tmp

Thanks a lot again!

Kind regards