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Creating a Virtual CD

Create a virtual CD (VCD) to make software installation media available to the virtual machines (VM) on your everRun system.

To create a VCD, use the Virtual CD Creation Wizard to upload or copy an ISO file to a storage device on the everRun system. Thereafter, you can boot from it (see Booting from a Virtual CD) to install a guest operating system or start a VM from a bootable recovery VCD..

Notes:  
  1. You cannot use VCDs to install applications in virtual machine. If necessary, mount a network drive or ISO image in the guest operating system to access application media.
  2. Each VCD consumes disk space in the storage group in which it is stored. Unless you use a VCD on a regular basis, remove it when it is no longer needed.
  3. If you create a bootable VCD for installation, it must be a single CD or DVD. Multiple CDs or DVDs are not supported.

To create a VCD

  1. If necessary, create ISO files of any physical media for which you will create VCDs.
  2. Open the Virtual CDs page in the everRun Availability Console.
  3. Click Create VCD to open the Virtual CD Creation Wizard.
  4. In the wizard, select a storage group with sufficient free space for the VCD.
  5. Type a name for the VCD.
  6. Select a source for the VCD:
  7. If you selected Upload ISO file, click Next and select the ISO file to upload.
  8. Click Finish to upload or copy the ISO file from the specified source.

The Virtual CD Creation Wizard reports that the VCD has been successfully added, but transferring the image may take several more minutes depending on the size of the image.

You can determine the status of a VCD by checking the State column on the Virtual CDs page:

Related Topics

Burning a CD or DVD for a Virtual CD

Managing Virtual CDs

Creating and Migrating Virtual Machines

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