[SOLVED] Mount remote DVD as Virtual Local DVD.

[ramses]

Hi everyone,

I need know if anybody can tell me if I can mount a DVD connected in a remote Windows/Linux PC as a Virtual Local DVD in PROXMOX that I can use in host system and VM's / CT's to install software.


Regards,

Ramses

 

[LnxBil]

Yes, if you use SPICE, have a usb CD/DVD drive and use SPICE.

Maybe in the future with non-usb-based devices with SPICE: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85956


Why don't you just create an ISO file, upload it to the server and use if from there?

 

[ramses]

Yes, I know that I can storage a ISO of a DVD in the PROXMOX Server and start the VM from him but I am seeing posibilities, doing tests and studying different options.

I am going to have a look to Spice.

@LnxBil with Spice can I start a VM from a remote USB DVD?


Regards,

Ramses

 

[LnxBil]

@LnxBil with Spice can I start a VM from a remote USB DVD?

No, I don't think so. The feature you request is normally present in GUI-based virtualized like VMware vSphere <6, Hyper-V Management Console, Virtualbox etc. but not Proxmox VE, which is server virtualization software. VMware >= 6 dropped it also with the web GUI.

I cannot recall when I used a real CD/DVD the last time.

 

[ramses]

OK LnxBil, very thanks