...
VMware Only: Create a Virtual Machine
Create a Virtual Machine
VMware ESXi 4.x
The instructions assume that VMware has been configured with the following bridged networks:
- VMnet0Private: bridged to private interface: eth0
- VMnet2Public: bridged to public interface: eth1
Info |
---|
Change the parameters below accodingly if your network configuration is different. |
Create a Virtual Machine
...
- Launch the vSphere Client, connect to the ESXi host and login
- Click File > New > Virtual Machine
- Configuration: Custom
- Name: (doesn't matter)
- Select a datastore where the VM will reside
- Virtual Machine Version: 7
- Select the appropriate guest OS
- Number of virtual processors: 1
- Memory: 1GB
- How many NICs: 2
- NIC 1: Private, E1000
- NIC 2: Public, E1000
- SCSI controller: LSI Logic Parallel
- Create a new virtual disk
- Disk Size: at least 30 GB
- Allocate and commit space on demand (Thin Provisioning): Yes
- Location: Store with the virtual machine
- Virtual Device Node: SCSI (0:0)
- Mode: Independent, Persistent
- Edit the virtual machine settings before completion: Yes
- Select the CD/DVD device
- Device Type: Datastore ISO File
- Click Browse and browse to an ISO file that has previously been copied to the datastore
- Connect at power on: Yes
- Click Finish
VMware Server 1.x
The instructions assume that VMware has been configured with the following bridged networks:
- VMnet0: bridged to private interface: eth0
- VMnet2: bridged to public interface: eth1
- Launch the VMware Server console and connect to the local VMware host:
- Virtual Machine Configuration: Typical
- Guest Operating System: Microsoft Windows
- Version: Windows XP Professional (select the appropriate version if you are not installing XP)
- Name: vmwarewinxp-base7-v1
- Network connection: Custom
- Disk size: 8.0 GB
- Allocate all disk space now: no
- Split disk into 2GB files: yes
- Edit virtual machine settings
- Configure the VM CD-ROM drive to use the Windows XP ISO image
- Connection: Use ISO image: browse to path of Windows XP ISO image copied to the VMware host
- Add: Ethernet Adapter
- Network Connection: Custom
- */dev/vmnet2*
...