Manage a VOI course

For a course that has not been published yet, you can publish, open console for, close, edit, and delete the course. For a course that has been published, you can cancel publishing, edit, or delete the course.

Do not publish, cancel publishing, or copy courses during class.

 

Publish a VOI course

You can publish only a course that has not been published yet. You must close the course before publishing it.

 

When you publish a course, you can select a storage path created on the Data Center > Teaching Storage > GlusterFS Settings page or Data Center > Teaching Storage > Course Storage Pool Settings page.

 

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

4. Select a storage path for the course, and click OK. As a best practice, select a GlusterFS storage path. The course will be published after a period of time.

Cancel publishing a VOI course

You can cancel publishing for only a course that has been published. This task does not apply to level-2 images of VOI courses or imported VOI images.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

4. In the dialog box that opens, click OK. The published course will be canceled after a period of time.

Open the VOI course console

You can open the console for only a course that has not been published yet.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

Close a VOI course

You can close only a running course that has not been published yet.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

4. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

Start a VOI course

You can start only a closed course that has not been published yet.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

4. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

Copy a VOI course

You can copy both published and unpublished courses. The courses created from the copies are in unpublished state. This task does not apply to level-2 images of VOI courses or imported VOI images.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

4. Specify the new course name and storage path.

5. Click OK.

Create a VOI course snapshot

You can create snapshots for both published and unpublished courses. This task does not apply to level-2 images of VOI courses or imported VOI images. Taking snapshots is a temporary disaster recovery solution. When the image files of VMs are damaged or deleted by mistake, snapshot data will also get lost. As a best practice for long-term use, back up VMs.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

4. Click Create. In the dialog box that opens, enter the snapshot name and click OK.

5. To restore a snapshot for the course, select the snapshot and click Restore. To delete the snapshot, select the snapshot and click Delete.

Download a VOI course

You can download only a course that has been published. The storage path for downloaded courses varies by browser settings.

 

For further use of a VOI course that will be uploaded to Space Console, do not edit its name after downloading it successfully.

 

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

4. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

Edit a VOI course

You can edit both published and unpublished courses.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

4. In the dialog box that opens, edit the course name, description, user access, classroom access, course logo, and advanced settings as needed, and then click OK.

Delete a VOI course

You can delete both published and unpublished courses.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click  in the tile for a course.

4. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

View detailed information about a VOI course

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click the name of a VOI course to view its information.

4. To close the dialog box, click OK.