Modifying optical devices using the Integrated Virtualization Manager

You can view and modify physical optical devices and virtual optical media using the Integrated Virtualization Manager.

You can add optical devices to or remove optical devices from any logical partition, whether or not the logical partition is running. If you remove an optical device from a running logical partition, you are prompted to confirm the removal before the optical device is removed.

To modify virtual optical media, the Integrated Virtualization Manager must be at version 1.5 or later. To update the Integrated Virtualization Manager, see Viewing and updating the code level of the Integrated Virtualization Manager management partition.

To modify optical devices, complete the following steps:

  1. From the Virtual Storage Management menu, click View/Modify Virtual Storage. The View/Modify Virtual Storage panel is displayed.
  2. Click the Optical Devices tab.
  3. To change the logical partition assignment setting for a physical optical device, complete the following steps:
    1. From the Physical Optical Devices table, select the optical device that you want to modify.
    2. From the tasks menu, click Modify partition assignment. The Modify Optical Device Partition Assignment panel is displayed.
    3. Either change the logical partition to which the optical device is assigned, or set the optical device so it is not assigned to any logical partition, and then click OK. The list of optical devices is displayed with the changes you made.
  4. To modify virtual optical media, click one of the following tasks from the Virtual Optical Media section:
    • Extend Library to extend the size of the media library.
    • Delete Library to delete the media library and the files within the library.
    • *Add Media... to add an optical media file to the media library and make it available for assignment to a partition.
    • Modify partition assignment to change the partition assignment for a media file by changing the virtual optical device to which a media file is assigned. You can assign read-only media to more than one device.
    • Download to open or download the selected media file.
    • Delete to delete the selected media files from the media library.