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TheVMwareInfrastructureClient(VIClient)enablesyoutodeployandmanage
virtualmachines.TheVIClientprovidesseveralwaystocreatevirtualmachines:
 Importing–YoucanimportavirtualmachinestoredinOVFformat.See
Chapter 9,“ImportingandExportingVirtualMachines,”onpage 139.
 Consolidate–Youcanconsolidateexistingphysicalsystemsbyconvertingthem
tovirtualmachinesandimportingthoseintoVirtualCenter.See“Consolidating
theDatacenter”onpage 129.
 CreateNew–Youcanmanuallyconfigureentirelynewvirtualmachines.See
“UsingtheNewVirtualMachineWizard”onpage 144.
 Clone–Youcancreateexactreplicasofexistingvirtualmachines.SeeChapter 13,
“WorkingwithTemplatesandClones,”onpage 203.
 DeployfromTemplates–Youcancreatevirtualmachinesfromtemplatesthat
provideabaseconfigurationwhichyoucancustomize.SeeChapter 13,“Working
withTemplatesandClones,”onpage 203.
Foreachtypeofcreationprocess,awizardguidesyouthroughthestepstoproducea
completeandworkingvirtualmachine.
Creating Virtual Machines
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NOTEAfteryoucreateavirtualmachine,youmustinstalltheguestoperatingsystem
andVMwareTools.Noneofthecreationprocessesdescribedaboveinstallsguest
operatingsystemsforyou.Also,checktheinstallationnotesforyourguestoperating
systembeforeyouinstallit.Youcanfindthisinformationinthe
GuestOperatingSystem
InstallationGuide.