Specifications

Basic System Administration
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17 OntheReadytoCompleteNewVirtualMachinepage,reviewyourselectionsand
specifythefollowingoptions:
Editthevirtualmachinesettingsbeforesubmittingthecreationtask
CheckthisoptionifyouwanttoopentheVirtualMachinePropertiesdialogboxto
setfurtherconfigurationoptions,suchasaddingadditionaldisks(see
“Performing
AdditionalConfigurationBeforeCompletion”onpage 144).
See“InstallingaGuestOperatingSystem”onpage 154and“Installingand
UpgradingVMwareTools”onpage 155.
Creating Custom Virtual Machines
ThissectiondescribesthestepstakenwhenyouselectthecustompathintheNew
VirtualMachinewizard.
To create a new virtual machine through the custom path
1FromtheVirtualCenterclient,clickInventoryinthenavigationbar,andexpand
theinventoryasneeded.
2Intheinventorylist,selectthemanagedhosttowhichyouwanttoaddthenew
virtual
machine.
3 ChooseFile>New>VirtualMachine.
TheNewVirtualMachinewizardappears.
4 SelectCustom,andclickNext.
5Typeavirtualmachinename,andclickNext.
ThenameyouenterintheVirtualMachineNamefieldisthenamethatislisted
intheVirtualCenterclientinventory.Itis
alsousedasthenameofthevirtual
machine’sfiles.Thenamecanbeupto80characterslongandmaycontain
alphanumericcharactersandtheunderscore(_)andhyphen(‐)characters.This
nameshouldbeuniqueacrosstheentiredatacenterandmustbeuniquewithinthe
folder.
Namesarecase‐insensitive:thenameʺmy_vmʺisidenticaltoʺMy_Vmʺ.
6 Selectafolderortherootofadatacenter,andclickNext.
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OTEBeforeyoucanuseyournewvirtualmachine,youmustfirstpartition
andformatthevirtualdrive,installaguestoperatingsystem,theninstall
VMwareTools.Typically ,theoperatingsystem’sinstallationprogramhandles
partitioningandformattingthevirtualdrive.