Virtual Optical Device, Virtual Optical Drive and Virtual Media Library

1. To create a virtual media repository:

# mkrep -sp rootvg -size 10G

Above command will create a filesystem called /var/vio/VMLibrary.

2. To create an iso from from AIX DVD:
# dd if=/dev/cd0 of=/cg/AIX61-1.iso bs=1m

You can copy the iso file to /var/vio/VMLibrary.

3. To list the contents of virtual media repository:
$ lsrep
Size(mb) Free(mb) Parent Pool         Parent Size      Parent Free
   10198     5828 rootvg                   139776           110592

Name                                    File Size  Optical         Access
AIX61_1.iso                              3679  vtopt0          rw
AIX61_2.iso                               691  None            rw

4. To create a Virtual Optical device :
# mkvdev -fbo -vadapter vhost0

5. To create a virtual optical media from a downloaded ISO image:
# mkvopt -ro -name aix61 -file /home/padmin/aix61.iso

6. To remove a virtual optical media:
# rmvopt -name aix61

7. To list all the virtual optical devices:
# lsvopt

8. To load the virtual optical media on a virtual optical device:
# loadopt -vtd vtopt0 -disk linux

9. To load an ISO file on a virtual optical device:
# loadopt -vtd vtopt0 -disk AIX61_1.iso

10. To check if the ISO was loaded correctly:
# lsmap -vadapter vhost0

11. To unload the virtual media from virtual optical device:
# unloadopt -vtd vtopt0

12. To force remove the virtual media:
# unloadopt -vtd vtopt0 -release