Managing Virtual CDs

Create and manage virtual CDs (VCDs) to make software installation media available to the virtual machines on your ztC Edge system in ISO format.

A VCD is a read-only ISO image file that resides on a storage device of the ztC Edge system. Use the Virtual CD Creation Wizard (in ztC Edge Console) to upload an existing ISO file, as described in Creating a Virtual CD.

After you create a VCD, you can boot from it to install a Windows or Linux guest operating system, or start a VM from a bootable recovery VCD. You can download a VCD to your local computer. You can also insert a VCD into a running VM to install software applications.

You manage VCDs as described in:

Users who are assigned the role Administrator or Platform Manager can perform all VCD tasks. Users who are assigned the role VM Manager can perform all VCD tasks, except rename a VCD. (For information on assigning these roles, see Managing Local User Accounts.)