5.1 Creating the Forge 11.3 Installation Disc

The PlateSpin Forge 11.3 installation program requires a bootable CD or DVD disc. Burn the disc from the ISO image included on the PlateSpin Forge 11.3 Appliance Rebuild Kit. The size is about 350 MB.

NOTE:You must have an independent Windows computer with ISO burning software, an optical drive capable of burning a bootable CD or DVD disc, and a blank recordable disc (CD-R or DVD-R).

To create a Forge installation CD or DVD from the PlateSpin Forge 11.3 Appliance Rebuild Kit:

  1. At an independent, running Windows computer, insert a blank unformatted recordable CD or DVD disc in an optical drive capable of burning a CD or DVD disc from an ISO file.

  2. At this same computer, mount the USB drive that contains the downloaded files for the PlateSpin Forge 11.3 Appliance Rebuild Kit.

  3. At the Windows desktop, open Windows File Explorer.

  4. Navigate to the forge-esx6.5-11.3.0.xxx-provider.iso image file.

  5. Use the built-in Windows Disc Image Burner software to burn the disc:

    1. In Windows File Explorer, right-click the ISO image file and select Burn disc image.

    2. In the Windows Burn Disc Image dialog, select the CD/DVD drive that contains the blank disc from the Disc Burner list.

    3. (Optional) Select the Verify disc after burning check box if you want Windows to verify the disc image after burning the disc. Leave this option deselected if you want to skip the verification.

    4. Click Burn to start burning the disc.

    5. When it finishes burning the disc image to disc, click Close.

  6. Eject the disc and label it PlateSpin Forge 11.3.0 Installation.

  7. Continue with Section 5.2, Installing VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 to the Appliance.