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3 Select a Name and a Guest Operating System for the Virtual Machine in the VMware Host Client on
page 35
When you create a new virtual machine, provide a unique name for the virtual machine to distinguish
it from existing virtual machines on the host you are managing. After you select a guest operating
system, the wizard provides the appropriate defaults for the operating system installation.
4 Select a Storage for Your Virtual Machine in the VMware Host Client on page 35
Select the datastore or datastore cluster to store the virtual machine conguration les and all of the
virtual disks in. You can select the datastore that has the most suitable properties, such as size, speed,
and availability, for your virtual machine storage.
5 Customize the Virtual Machine Seings in the VMware Host Client on page 36
Before you deploy a new virtual machine, you have the option to congure the virtual machine
hardware and the virtual machine options.
6 Complete Virtual Machine Creation in the VMware Host Client on page 37
In the Ready to complete page, you review the conguration selections that you made for the virtual
machine.
Start the Virtual Machine Creation Process in the VMware Host Client
You use the New Virtual Machine wizard to create a virtual machine to place in the VMware Host Client
inventory.
The selections you make in the New Virtual Machine wizard are not saved until you click Finish on the
Ready to Complete page. If you close the wizard without completing all tasks, you cannot resume the
wizard where you left o. You must start a new creation task.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have the VirtualMachine.Inventory.Create privileges.
Depending on the properties of the virtual machine you want to create, you might need the following
additional privileges:
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VirtualMachine..AddExistingDisk if including a virtual disk device that refers to an existing
virtual disk le (not RDM).
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VirtualMachine..AddNewDisk if including a virtual disk device that creates a new virtual disk
le (not RDM).
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VirtualMachine..RawDevice if including a raw device mapping (RDM) or SCSI passthrough
device.
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VirtualMachine..HostUSBDevice if including a VirtualUSB device backed by a host USB device.
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VirtualMachine.. if seing values in ConfigSpec.extraConfig.
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VirtualMachine..SwapPlacement if seing swapPlacement.
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VirtualMachine..ChangeTracking if seing changed block tracking for the virtual machine
disks.
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Datastore.AllocateSpace required on all datastores where the virtual machine and its virtual disks are
created.
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Network.Assign required on the network which is assigned to the new virtual machine that is being
created.
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