Specifications

Basic System Administration
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8OntheSpecifyAdvancedOptionspage,youcanchangethevirtualdevicenode
andclickNext.
9OntheReadytoCompleteNewVirtualMachinepage,reviewyourselections.
ClickFinishtocompleteyourvirtualmachine,oroptionallyperformadditional
configuration(see“PerformingAdditionalConfigurationBeforeCompletion”on
page 144).
Installing a Guest Operating System
Anewvirtualmachineislikeaphysicalcomputerwithablankharddisk.Beforeyou
canuseit,youmustpartitionandformatthevirtualdiskandinstallanoperating
system.Theoperatingsystem’sinstallationprogrammighthandlethepartitioningand
formattingstepsforyou.
Installingaguestoperatingsystem
insideyourvirtualmachineisessentiallythesame
asinstallingitonaphysicalcomputer.Thebasicstepsforatypicaloperatingsystem
aredescribedbelow.SeeGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideformoreinformation
onindividualguestoperatingsystems.
To install a guest operating system
1StartVMwareVirtualCenter.
2InserttheinstallationCD‐ROMforyourguest
operatingsystem,orcreateanISO
imagefilefromtheinstallationCD‐ROM.UsetheVirtualMachineSettingseditor
toconnectthevirtualmachine’sCD‐ROMdrivetotheISOimagefileandpoweron
thevirtualmachine.
UsinganISOimageisfasterthanusingaCD‐ROM.
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OTEItissometimesnecessarytochangethebootorderinthevirtualmachine’sBIOS
settings.However,sometimesavirtualmachine’sbootsequenceprogressestooquickly
forausertoopenaconsoletothevirtualmachineandenterBIOSsetup.Ifthishappens,
youcanmodifythevirtualmachine’sproperties
toslowitsbootsequence,orforceitto
enterBIOSsetup.See“ChangingVirtualMachineOptions”onpage 186.Forprior
versionsofVirtualCenterthatdonotcontaintheseoptionsintheGUI,youcanuse
Ctrl+Alt+Insert(orCtrl+Alt+Deletefornon‐Windowssystems)tosoft‐resetthevirtual
machine.
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OTEYoumightneedtochangethebootorderinthevirtualmachineBIOSso
thatthevirtualmachineattemptstobootfromtheCD/DVDdevicebeforetrying
otherbootdevices.Todoso,pressF2whenpromptedduringvirtualmachine
startup.