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CREATING A VIRTUAL CDROM ON VIO (STEP BY STEP WITH SCREEN SHOT)

THIS DOCUMENT WILL PROVIDE YOU STEP BY STEP CONFIGURATION OF VIRTUAL CDROM FROM A VIO SERVER TO LPARS

CREATING A VIRTUAL CDROM USING VIO

Virtual cdrom provides a way to virtualise a physical cdrom as a virtual cdrom we can also provide a iso image to clients as a cdrom , we can also create a blank virtual dvd ram drive and provide to the client
To create a virtual cdrom

In hmc

Click on Server ,Select the managed server (check box )

Select tasks

Configurations

Virtual Resources

Virtual storage Management

Select optical devices

In the figure there is a virtual Media library already present , for this exercise I will

just delete that virtual library first to show every thing from scratch

Click on Delete library

NOW TO CREATE LIBRARY

Select create Library

Select the torage pool in which you want to keep the media (iso image) and library

size

Select Ok and wait

After creating a virtual cdrom we have to add a media to the cdrom , a iso image can also be used as a media , or we can create a blank media

Now from the Select Action , select ‘Add Media’

Add a iso image file or create a blank media to create a iso file