Creating a Virtual CD

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

To create a VCD, use the Virtual CD Creation Wizard to upload or copy an ISO file to a storage device on the ztC Edge 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.

Notes:  
  1. Unless you use a VCD on a regular basis, remove it when it is no longer needed.
  2. 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 ztC Edge Console.
  3. Click Create VCD to open the Virtual CD Creation Wizard.
  4. Type a name for the VCD.
  5. Select a source for the VCD:
    • Upload ISO file uploads a file from your system running the ztC Edge 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.

  6. Click Finish to upload or copy the ISO file from the specified source.

    The Virtual CD Creation Wizard displays progress of the upload.

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

Related Topics

Inserting a Virtual CD

Ejecting a Virtual CD

Managing Virtual CDs

Creating and Migrating Virtual Machines