Adding disks to an OVF with cot add-disk

Synopsis

cot add-disk --help
cot <opts> add-disk DISK_IMAGE PACKAGE [-o OUTPUT] [-f FILE_ID]
                    [-t {harddisk,cdrom}] [-c {ide,sata,scsi}]
                    [-s SUBTYPE] [-a ADDRESS] [-d DESCRIPTION]
                    [-n DISKNAME]

Description

Add or replace a disk image in the specified OVF or OVA. If the specified disk image, controller/address, file-id, and/or instance match an existing entry in the OVF, will replace the existing disk with the provided file (prompting for confirmation if --force was not set); otherwise, will create a new disk entry.

Options

DISK_IMAGE

Disk image file to add to the package

PACKAGE

OVF descriptor or OVA file to edit

General options

-h, --help	Show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
	Name/path of new OVF/OVA package to create instead of updating the existing OVF

Disk-related options

-f FILE_ID, --file-id FILE_ID
	Disk image file ID string within the OVF package (default: use disk image filename)
-t <harddisk,cdrom>, --type <harddisk,cdrom>
	Disk drive type (default: files ending in .vmdk/.raw/.qcow2/.img will use harddisk and files ending in .iso will use cdrom)

Controller-related options

-c <ide,sata,scsi>, --controller <ide,sata,scsi>
	Disk controller type (default: determined by disk drive type and platform)
-a ADDRESS, --address ADDRESS
	Address of the disk, such as "1:0". Requires that --controller be explicitly set. (default: use first unused address on the controller)
-s SUBTYPE, --subtype SUBTYPE
	Disk controller subtype such as "virtio", "lsilogic", or "AHCI".

Descriptive options

-d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION
	Description of this disk (optional)
-n DISKNAME, --name DISKNAME
	Name of this disk (default: "Hard disk #" or "CD-ROM #" as appropriate)