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Customize Virtual Machine Hardware
Before you deploy a new virtual machine, you have the option to configure the virtual hardware. When you
create a virtual machine, the virtual disk is selected by default. You can use the New device drop-down
menu on the Customize Hardware page to add a new hard disk, select an existing disk, or add an RDM
disk.
For information about virtual disk configuration, including instructions for adding different types of disks,
see “Add a Hard Disk to a Virtual Machine,” on page 117.
For help configuring other virtual machine hardware, see Chapter 6, “Configuring Virtual Machine
Hardware,” on page 89.
Procedure
1 (Optional) To add a new virtual hardware device, select the device from the New device drop-down
menu and click Add.
2 (Optional) Expand any device to view and configure the device settings.
3 To remove a device, move your cursor over the device and click the Remove icon.
This icon appears only for virtual hardware that you can safely remove.
4 Click Next.
Finish Virtual Machine Creation
Before you deploy the virtual machine, you can review the virtual machine settings.
Procedure
1 Review the virtual machine settings and make changes by clicking Back to go back to the relevant page.
2 Click Finish.
The virtual machine appears in the vSphere Web Client inventory.
Clone a Virtual Machine
Cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is
configured with the same virtual hardware, installed software, and other properties that were configured
for the original virtual machine.
NOTE When heavily loaded applications, such as load generators, are running in the guest operating system
during a clone operation, the virtual machine quiesce operation can fail and VMware Tools might be denied
CPU resources and time out. It is recommended that you quiesce the virtual machines running lower I/O
disk operation.
Prerequisites
If a load generator is running in the virtual machine, stop it before you perform the clone operation.
You must have the following privileges to clone a virtual machine:
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Virtual machine.Provisioning.Clone virtual machine on the virtual machine you are cloning.
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Virtual machine .Inventory.Create from existing on the datacenter or virtual machine folder.
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Virtual machine.Configuration.Add new disk on the datacenter or virtual machine folder.
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Resource.Assign virtual machine to resource pool on the destination host, cluster, or resource pool.
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