Select Use physical drive, then next to Location, select Client.
Open the virtual machine settings editor (choose VM > Settings) and select the CD-ROM drive. When you first begin booting the guest operating system, press the Esc key. If you want to boot the virtual machine from the DVD or CD-ROM drive in aĬlient system, complete the following steps. Cd to find any file on the machine software#
This is a convenient way of installing software remotely if you don't have access to the host.Īll virtual DVD or CD-ROM settings like using legacy emulation and exclusiveĬonnections apply except that the drive on a client cannot start connected. To use the client CD-ROM drive, you must connect to the virtual machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console on that client. Location: Host/Client Specify whether you want the virtual machine to access the DVD or CD-ROM drive on the VMware Server host or the drive on a client machine.Use the drop-down list to specify whether you want to use a specific drive or let VMware Server auto-detect the drive to use. Use a physical drive Select this setting if you want the virtual machine to use a physical drive on the host computer.
You can set the following options under Connection: You can change this setting when the virtual machine is powered on or powered off.
Connect at power on Check this option if you want the drive to be connected automatically whenever you power on the virtual machine. Connected Check or uncheck this option to connect or disconnect the drive while the virtual machine is running. You can set the following options under Device status: You cannot configure or remove the drive while the Machine is powered off, and you must power off the virtual machine if you want to Some settings can be configured only when the virtual You can change some configuration settings for a CD-ROM or DVD drive while the Running, choose the drive from the VM > Removable Devices menu. To disable or enable access to a CD-ROM or DVD drive while a virtual machine is Multiple virtual machines can connect to the DVD or CD-ROM drive on the VMware Select: VM > Settings > Hardware > CD-ROMĮach virtual machine can access a physical DVD or CD-ROM drive on the VMware
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