vSphere Virtual Machine Administration - VMware Documentation
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration - VMware Documentation
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration - VMware Documentation
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<strong>vSphere</strong> <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Administration</strong><br />
Procedure<br />
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Select to deploy a virtual machine from a template.<br />
Option<br />
Open the New <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong><br />
wizard from any object in the<br />
inventory<br />
Description<br />
a<br />
b<br />
Right-click any inventory object that is a valid parent object of a virtual<br />
machine, such as a datacenter, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host,<br />
and select New <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong>.<br />
Select Deploy from template and click Next.<br />
The Select a name and folder page opens.<br />
Open the Deploy From Template<br />
wizard from a template<br />
Right-click the template and select Deploy VM from this Template.<br />
The Select a name and folder page opens.<br />
Select a Template<br />
After you select the template from which to deploy the virtual machine, you can optionally select to<br />
customize the guest operating system and the virtual machine hardware. You can also select to turn on the<br />
virtual machine when you complete the creation procedure. You can change the properties of the guest<br />
operating system, such as the computer name, and network and license settings, which helps prevent<br />
conflicts that can result if virtual machines with identical settings are deployed. You can add a CD device<br />
such as an ISO file to install the guest operating system, or reconfigure the virtual machines' hardware, such<br />
as storage or networking, before you deploy the virtual machine.<br />
This page appears only if you opened the New <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> wizard from a inventory object that is not a<br />
template.<br />
NOTE If you start the deploy operation from a template, you select the customization and power options on<br />
a later page in the wizard.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 Search for or browse to the template.<br />
2 (Optional) Select Customize the operating system to customize the guest operating system of the<br />
virtual machine.<br />
3 (Optional) Select Customize this virtual machine's hardware to configure the virtual machine's<br />
hardware before deployment.<br />
4 (Optional) Select Power On <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> after creation to power on the virtual machine after<br />
creation is complete.<br />
5 Click Next.<br />
Select the <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> Name and Folder<br />
When you create a virtual machine, you provide a unique name for it. The unique name distinguishes it<br />
from existing virtual machines in the virtual machine folder or datacenter. The name can contain up to 80<br />
characters. You can select a datacenter or folder location for the virtual machine, depending on your<br />
organizational needs.<br />
Folders provide a way to store virtual machines for different groups in an organization, and you can set<br />
permissions on them. For a flatter hierarchy, you can put all virtual machines and templates in a datacenter<br />
and organize them a different way.<br />
The virtual machine name determines the name of the virtual machine files and folder on the disk. For<br />
example, if you name the virtual machine win8, the virtual machine files are named win8.vmx, win8.vmdk,<br />
win8.nvram, and so on. If you change the virtual machine name, the names of the files on the datastore do<br />
not change.<br />
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