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Figure 9.18
Use the Upload but-
ton to upload ISO
images for use when
installing
guest OSes.
Using the Installation Media
Once you have the installation media in place—by using the local CD-ROM drive on the com-
puter where you are running the vSphere Web Client, by using the physical server's optical
drive, or by creating and uploading an ISO image into a datastore—you're ready to actually use
that installation media to install a guest OS into the VM.
Perform the following steps to install a guest OS using an ISO i le on a shared datastore:
1.
Use the vSphere Web Client to connect to a vCenter Server instance or use the vSphere
Client to connect to an individual ESXi host where a VM has been created.
2.
If you're not already in the Hosts And Clusters or VMs And Templates view, use the
menu bar to select Home
➢
➢
Hosts And Clusters or Home
VMs And Templates.
3.
In the inventory tree, right-click the new VM, and select the Edit Settings menu option.
The Virtual Machine Properties window opens.
4.
Expand the CD/DVD Drive 1 hardware option to expose the additional properties.
5.
Change the drop-down box to Datastore ISO File, and select the Connect At Power On
check box. If you fail to select the Connect At Power On check box, the VM will not boot
from the selected ISO image.
6.
Click the Browse button to browse a datastore for the ISO i le of the guest OS.
7.
Navigate through the available datastores until you i nd the ISO i le of the guest OS to
be installed. After you select the ISO i le, the properties page is coni gured similar to the
screen shot shown previously in Figure 9.17.
8.
Right-click the virtual machine and select Power On from the menu. Alternatively, you
can use the Actions drop-down option on the properties page of the virtual machine. The
VM boots from the mounted ISO image and begins the installation of the guest OS.
