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Chapter 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
5Click!Next.
6In!the!Processors!list,!choose!the!number!of!virtual!CPUs!in!your!virtual!machine.!
Choose!1!or!2!virtual!CPUs,!but!they!must!be!less!than!or!equal!to!the!number!of!
physical!CPUs!on!your!server.!
You!might!need!to!change!it!to!meet!the!demands!of!applications
!you!plan!to!run!
in!the!virtual!machine.!You!can!change!this!setting!later!on!the!virtual!machine’s!
Memory!tab!in!the!management!interface.!See!“Managing!Memory!Resources!
from!the!Management!Interface”!on!page 351.
7In!the!Workloads!list,!select!Citrix!Terminal!Services!to!run!Citrix!MetaFrame!on!
the!virtual!machine.!
8Click
!Next.
9 Choose!the!type!of!virtual!disk!you!want!to!add!to!the!virtual!machine.!
! Click!Blank!to!create!a!new!virtual!disk.!Specify!the!following:
aIn!the!VMFS!Volume!list,!choose!the!volume! on!which!to!locate!the!virtual!
disk.!The!amount!of!free!space!is!listed!next!to!the!volume!name.
bIn!the!VMware!Disk!Image!field,!specify!the!disk!name!with!a!.vmdk!
extension.
NOTE Configuration!files!for!virtual!machines!created!with!VMware!ESX!Server!2.0!
and!later,!use!the!.vmx!extension.!Earlier!versions!of!ESX!Server!used!the!.cfg!
extension.!Access!virtual!machine!configuration!files!with!a!.cfg!extension!
by!ESX!Server!2.5.
NOTE Some!guest!operating!systems,!such!as!Windows!NT,!can!be!configured!with!a!
single!processor.!If!you!are!configuring!such!a!virtual!machine,!a!note!indicates!
this!and!you!cannot!select!more!than!one!virtual!CPU.
NOTE You!can!create!dual‐virtual!CPU!virtual!machines!only!if!you!have!purchased!
the!VMware!Virtual!SMP!for!ESX!Server!product.!For!more!information!on!this!
product,!contact!VMware,!Inc.!or!your!authorized!sales!representative.
NOTE Do!not!select!this!option!if!you!do!not!plan!to!run!Citrix!MetaFrame!on!the!
virtual!machine.!Virtual!machines!with!this!setting!use!more!virtualization!
overhead!and!ESX!Server!will!be!able!to!run!fewer!virtual!machines!
simultaneously.