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Resource.Assign virtual machine to resource pool on the destination host, cluster, or resource
pool.
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Datastore.Allocate space on the destination datastore or datastore folder.
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Network.Assign network on the network that the virtual machine will be assigned to.
To verify the privileges assigned to your role, click Menu > Administration > Roles and select the role.
Procedure
1 Right-click any inventory object that is a valid parent object of a virtual machine, such as a data
center, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host, and select New Virtual Machine.
2 On the Select a creation type page, select Create a new virtual machine and click Next.
3 On the Select a name and folder page, enter a unique name for the virtual machine and select a
deployment location.
4 On the Select a compute resource page, select the host, cluster, resource pool, or vApp where the
virtual machine will run and click Next.
If creating the virtual machine at the selected location causes compatibility problems, an alarm
appears in the Compatibility pane.
Note If you want to create a virtual machine that uses persistent memory, choose a host or a cluster
with available PMem resource.
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