You can enable a CD/DVD drive and select a disk image on a virtual machine hosted on a remote server. You can access or install software from a physical CD/DVD drive on to your remote virtual machine.

Verify that the following conditions are met:

You have login credentials for the server where the virtual machine is hosted.

The virtual machine is powered on.

1

Connect to Remote virtual machine using VMware Remote Console.

2

Select Virtual Machine > Settings.

3

Click CD/DVD Drive.

4

Select the Enable CD/DVD Drive check box.

5

Select a remote disc image from the Choose a remote disc image drop-down menu.

6

(Optional) Expand Advanced options and select a bus type from the drop-down menu.

7

(Optional) Click Remove CD/DVD Drive to return to the CD/DVD drive that your virtual machine uses.