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Familiarize yourself with the custom configuration parameters for virtual machines. See “Virtual Machine
Custom Configuration Parameters,” on page 46.
Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, log in to the vCenter Server system.
2 Select File > New > Virtual Machine to start the New Virtual Machine wizard.
3 Select Custom and configure custom configuration parameters.
4 Select Edit the virtual machine settings before completion and click Continue to configure hardware
settings.
a Add a CD/DVD drive, set the media type to use an ISO image file, select the ISO image file of the
guest operating system that you uploaded to your datastore, and select Connect at power on.
b If you are installing a Windows XP guest operating system, add a floppy drive and set the Device
Type to Client Device.
c Set Power-on Boot Delay to 10,000 milliseconds.
5 Click Finish to create the virtual machine.
What to do next
Install a guest operating system on the virtual machine.
Virtual Machine Custom Configuration Parameters
You can use virtual machine custom configuration parameters as baseline settings when you create a virtual
machine for View desktop deployment.
If you use View Administrator as your View desktop manager for deploying pooled desktops, you can change
these settings when deploying template-based View desktops.
Table 4-1. Custom Configuration Parameters
Parameter Description and Recommendations
Name and Location
The name and location of the virtual machine.
If you plan to use the virtual machine as a template, assign a
generic name. The location can be any folder within your
datacenter inventory.
Host/Cluster
The ESX server or cluster of server resources that will run the
virtual machine.
If you plan to use the virtual machine as a template, the
location of the initial virtual machine does not necessarily
specify where future virtual machines created from template
will reside.
Resource Pool
If the physical ESX server resources are divided into resource
pools, you can assign them to the virtual machine.
Datastore
The location of files associated with the virtual machine.
Hardware Machine Version
If you create the virtual machine on an ESXi 5.0 or later host
or cluster, you can select virtual hardware version 8 or 7.
Version 8 provides greater virtual machine functionality.
For desktops that run in local mode, you must create virtual
machines that use hardware version 7. Virtual machines that
use hardware version 8 cannot be checked out for use in local
mode.
If the host or cluster is ESX/ESXi 4.0 or later, you can select
virtual hardware version 7 only.
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