Specifications

Basic System Administration
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5Givethenewvirtualmachineaname,selectalocation,andclickNext.
Thenamecanbeupto80characterslongandcancontainalphanumericcharacters
andtheunderscore(_)andhyphen(‐)characters.Itshouldalsobeuniqueacross
alltemplatesandvirtualmachinesinthe
datacenter.Namesarecase‐insensitive:
thenameʺmy_vmʺisidenticaltoʺMy_Vmʺ.
6OntheHost/Clusterpage,selectthehostonwhichyouwanttostorethetemplate
andclickNext.
7 Selectaresourcepool(ifapplicable)inwhichyouwanttorunthevirtualmachine,
andclickNext
.
Resourcepoolsallowhierarchicalmanagementofresourceswithinahostor
cluster.Virtualmachinesandchildpoolssharetheresourcesoftheirparentpool.
8 Chooseadatastoreforthevirtualmachine,andclickNext.
Youarechoosingthedatastoreinwhichtostorethefilesforthevirtualmachine.
Youshould
chooseonethatislargeenoughtoaccommodatethevirtualmachine
andallofitsvirtualdiskfilessothattheycanallresideinthesameplace.
TheAdvancedbuttonallowsyoutostoreindividualfilesinseparatelocations.To
returntothedatastoreselectionpage,clicktheBasicbutton.
9IntheSelectGuestCustomizationOptionpage,performoneoftheseactions:
 Ifyoudonotwanttocustomizeyourguestoperatingsystem,selectDonot
customizeandclickNext.
 Ifyouwanttocustomizeyourguestoperatingsystem,clickoneoftheother
selectionsasappropriate.Youcustomizeguestoperatingsystemsthroughthe
wizardorbyusinganexistingcustomizationspecificationthatyoucreate.For
instructions,see“CustomizingGuestOperatingSystems”onpage 215.
10 IntheReadytoCompletepage,review
theinformationforyournewvirtual
machine,selectthePoweronthenewVirtualMachineaftercreationcheckboxif
youwanttopoweronthevirtualmachineimmediately,andclickFinish.
AfteryouclickFinish,youcannotuseoreditthevirtualmachineuntilthetask
completes.Thismight
takeseveralminutes.Thevirtualmachineisaddedtothe
datastore.
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OTECustomizationisnotsupportedforallguestoperatingsystems.
Additionally,someguestoperatingsystemsrequireMicrosoftSyspreptools.See
“InstallingtheMicrosoftSysprepTools”onpage 351.