Hello,

when trying to create a virtual media image from the java virtual console, the process fails.

Environment:

Browser: Firefox ESR 52.9.0 (64-bit)
Java: java version "1.8.0_65"  rpm: jre1.8.0_65-1.8.0_65-fcs.x86_64
OS: Fedora 35
iDRAC FW: v2.81.81.81 on Dell R630 or R520

How to create the problem:

1. I start the Java virtual Console from the iDRACs web page.
2. Virtual Media / Create Image ...
3. a box pops up: Create a New Image File From a Source Folder
4. Source Folder: /home/buschman/wk/dell-tools/megactl
5. Image File Name: /home/buschman/tmp/megactl.img
6. Create Image

result is an error box:

Create Image Failed
An error occurred while creating the image [ok]

The java console has the following message:

com.avocent.b.b.b: Create Image Failed.
An error occurred while creating the image
at com.avocent.app.l.b.p.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
com.avocent.b.b.b: Create Image Failed.
An error occurred while creating the image
at com.avocent.app.l.b.p.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
com.avocent.b.b.b: Create Image Failed.
An error occurred while creating the image
at com.avocent.app.l.b.p.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

What I noticed is that in the selection box the directories could be selected, but the box for the file names was greyed out.

Alternatively, if I try to create the virtual media image from a directory with only subdirectories:

1. I start the Java virtual Console from the iDRACs web page.
2. Virtual Media / Create Image ...
3. a box pops up: Create a New Image File From a Source Folder
4. Source Folder: /home/buschman/wk/dell-tools
5. Image File Name: /home/buschman/tmp/dell-tools.img
6. Create Image

I get an image file, which I can mount:

# mount -o loop ~buschman/tmp/dell-tools.img /mnt
# ls -l /mnt
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 2022 dell-tools
# ls -l /mnt/dell-tools/
total 0

But as noted, the directory is empty

What I wanted in the image is the content of the following directory:

ls -l /home/buschman/wk/dell-tools/megactl
total 300
-rw-r--r-- 1 buschman buschman 198 Aug 22 2007 AUTHOR
-rw-r--r-- 1 buschman buschman 18275 Aug 22 2007 COPYING
-rw-r--r-- 1 buschman buschman 9717 Aug 22 2007 README
-rwxr-xr-x 1 buschman buschman 111079 Aug 23 2007 megactl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 buschman buschman 1251 Aug 22 2007 megarpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 buschman buschman 110107 Aug 23 2007 megasasctl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 buschman buschman 1280 Aug 22 2007 megasasrpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 buschman buschman 34702 Aug 23 2007 megatrace

Regards
Andreas

p.s. I can try the same with the html5 Version of the iDRAC virtual console
      [I tried, and I can not find the button to create a virtual media in the html5 Interface.]
p.s. I can hopefully look up a newer server who still is under support next week. I ran into "virtual floppy images" today, and thought to try them out.