This section provides steps to create the VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator deployment media on a Windows machine using the Rufus software application.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have already downloaded the VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator IMG media. For more information, see Downloading the VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator Media.

Procedure

  1. From an internet browser, download and install Rufus.
  2. Connect the USB drive to your computer.
  3. Open Rufus.
  4. Select your USB drive as Device.
  5. Click SELECTand open the VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator IMG file that you downloaded.
  6. Ensure that BIOS or UEFI is selected as the target system.
  7. Click START.

    You might receive a warning message stating that all data will be lost on the USB device.

  8. To continue this operation, click OK. After the Rufus processes are finished, you can see the status bar turn green.
  9. You can now safely eject your USB drive from your machine.

Results

The VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator boot media is created on your Windows machine, which can be used to deploy your host. For more information, see Booting Your Edge Server.

Example

Figure 1. Rufus Application Window