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Option Description
Network adapter
When you congure a virtual machine, you can add network adapters
(NICs) and specify the adapter type. The type of network adapters that are
available depend on the following factors:
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The virtual machine compatibility, which depends on the host that
created or most recently updated it.
n
Whether the virtual machine compatibility has been updated to the
latest version for the current host.
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The guest operating system.
CD/DVD drive
You can congure DVD or CD devices to connect to client devices, host
devices, or Datastore ISO les.
4
To remove a device, click the delete buon next to the device.
This option appears only for virtual hardware that you can remove safely.
5 Congure the virtual machine options on the VM Options tab of the Customize seings page in the
New Virtual Machine wizard.
6 Click Next.
Complete Virtual Machine Creation in the VMware Host Client
In the Ready to complete page, you review the conguration selections that you made for the virtual
machine.
Procedure
1 On the Ready to complete page of the New Virtual Machine wizard, review the conguration seings
for the virtual machine.
2 (Optional) Click Back to go back and review the wizard seings.
3 (Optional) Click Cancel to discard the creation task and close the wizard.
4 Click Finish to complete the creation task and close the wizard.
The virtual machine appears in the VMware Host Client inventory under Virtual Machines.
What to do next
Before you can use the new virtual machine, you must partition and format the virtual drive, install a guest
operating system, and install VMware Tools. Typically, the operating system's installation program handles
partitioning and formaing the virtual drive.
You can map the virtual machine's CDROM/DVD to an ISO le and start the virtual machine. This triggers
the operating system install.
Deploying a Virtual Machine from an OVF or OVA File in the
VMware Host Client
When you connect to an ESXi host by using the VMware Host Client, you can deploy virtual machines from
OVF and VMDK les, and from OVA les.
1 OVF and OVA Limitations for the VMware Host Client on page 38
You can create a virtual machine in the VMware Host Client by using OVF and VMDK les, or OVA
les. However, several limitations are applicable to this deployment method .
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