Using Dism++ to Install the VMTools Driver for an ISO File

Scenario

A Windows system with the Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) hard drive and Virtio NIC is used on the cloud. Therefore, you need to integrate the VMTools driver into the ISO file of Windows before registering an image on the cloud platform. Typically, an ISO file contains all the files that would be included on an optical disc. Some software can be installed only from a CD-ROM drive. So, a virtual CD-ROM drive is required.

This section describes how to install the VMTools driver for an ISO file using Dism++.

Prerequisites

You have obtained an ISO file.

The ISO file name can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). If the name does not meet the requirements, change it.

Procedure

1. Download VMTools matching the OS and decompress it on the local PC.
2. Decompress the vmtools-windows.zip file downloaded in 1 to obtain vmtools-windows.iso, and then decompress vmtools-windows.iso to obtain the vmtools-windows folder.
   Figure 1 vmtools-windows folder
   
3. Decompress the ISO image file, and copy the vmtools-windows folder obtained in 2 to the same directory as the boot folder in the ISO image file.
   Figure 2 ISO image file