Specifications

Administration Guide
40 VMware, Inc.
The!Add!Virtual!Machine!wizard!guides!you!through!the!basic!steps!to!create!a!virtual!
machine!on!your!server.!Any!user!who!has!an!account!on!the!server’s !service!console!
may!log!in!to!the!wizard!and!create!a!virtual!machine.!If!you!are!logged!in!as!root,!you!
might!want
!to!log!out!and!log!in!again!as!a!user!authorized!to!manage!the!new!virtual!
machine.!
To create a new virtual machine
1Log!in!to!the!management!interface,!using!this!URL:
http://<hostname>
2On!the!management!interface!login!page,!enter!your!user!name!and!password!and!
click!Login.
The!Status!Monitor!appears.
3Click!Add!Virtual!Machine.!
The!Add!Virtual!Machine!wizard!starts.
4 Choose!the!guest!operating!system!for!your!virtual!machine.!
Default!entries!appear!for!the!name!of!the!virtual!machine!and!the!name!
of!its!
configuration!file.!You!can!change!these!settings.
The!name!you!enter!in!the!Display!Name!field!is!listed!in!the!VMware!
Management!Interface.
The!Location!field!contains!the!name!of!the!configuration!file!(this!file!has!a!.vmx!
extension).!Be!sure!that!the!entry!in!the!Location!field!is!unique.
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OTE Check!for!any!VMkernel!ALERT!messages!in!the!warning!log!files!before!creating!a!
new!virtual!machine.