Specifications

VMware and BEA WebLogic Solutions Deployment Guide

Here you can edit, remove or add different components. Click on “CD/DVD Drive 1”. This usually shows

client device as the default device. You can load the OS using client or host (ESX Server) device or using an

existing .iso image in the VM datastores.

We used the VI client CD/DVD device as we installed the OS remotely. So select “client device”.

Now you are ready to insert the Windows OS CD in the host system drive and start the guest OS install.

Refer to Guest operating system install guide for specific OS requirements.

We used Windows 2003 server EE as the guest OS for our VM.

Now power on the VM to install the guest OS.

Make sure to click “connect DVD/CD-ROM” button in the tool bar on top.

3.4 Guest Operating System Installation

Insert OS CD on Client device (host running VI client).

Right click “BEAVMBase” and then select “power on”

Click on “console” on the right side tabs.

If the boot process in VM does not recognize your OS disk, check whether it has mounted successfully on

the host ESX Server.