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. You can also insert a VCD into a running VM (see Inserting a Virtual CD) to install software applications.

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:
   • Upload ISO file uploads a file from your system running the everRun Availability Console. Click Browse, select the ISO file on your system, and click Open.
   • Copy CD ISO from network source copies the file from a Web URL. Specify the URL of the ISO file.
7. 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 source and size of the image.

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

• A syncing icon () indicates that the VCD is still being created.
• A broken icon () indicates that the VCD creation failed. Remove the VCD and try creating it again.
• A normal icon () indicates that the transfer is complete and that the VCD is ready to use.

Related Topics

Inserting a Virtual CD

Ejecting a Virtual CD

Managing Virtual CDs

Creating and Migrating Virtual Machines