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Once you have added at least one computer, you can add more computers by going to Manage Computers->Edit Computer Information and clicking Add Single Computer or Add Multiple Computers".

1. Configure VM Profile(s)
2. Add VMware Host Servers
3. Add Virtual Machines
4. Assign Virtual Machine(s) to a Virtual Host
5. Add entries to dhcpd.conf
6. Add entries to /etc/hosts

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1. Click Manage Computers
2. Select Edit Computer Information
3. Click Submit
4. Click Add Single Computer
5. Fill in the following:
   • Hostname
   • Type - virtualmachine
   • Public IP Address
   • Private IP Address
   • Public MAC Address
   • Private MAC Address

     Note
     For VMware virtual machines, the MAC addresses you choose must be in the range 00:50:56:00:00:00 -00:50:56:3F:FF:FF. Pay special attention to the upper bound of this range. 00:50:56:40:00:00 - 00:50:56:FF:FF:FF are NOT valid VMware virtual machines.

   • Provisioning Engine - VMware
   • State - maintenance
   • Owner - admin@Local
   • RAM
   • No. Cores
   • Processor Speed
   • Network Speed
   • Check All VM Computers and newvmimages
6. Click Confirm Computer
7. Click Submit

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1. Click Manage Computers
2. Select Edit Computer Information
3. Click Submit
4. Click Add Multiple Computers
5. Fill in the following:
   • Hostname - the hostnames of all the computers must have a numerical part that is sequential, use a % as a placeholder where that part would be
   • Start value - the first number of the numerical part of the hostname
   • End value - the last number of the numerical part of the hostname
   • Type - virtualmachine
   • Start Public IP Address - if using static public addresses, the Public IP addresses must be sequential; enter the first address here; if using DHCP, just enter something like 1.1.1.1
   • End Public IP address - the last Public IP address of the sequence; if using DHCP, you'll need to enter something that would work out to the last address relative to Start IP Address (i.e. if adding 3 computers, use 1.1.1.1 for start and 1.1.1.3 for end)
   • Start Private IP Address - similar to Start Public IP Address, but for the private side
   • End Private IP Address - similar to the End Public IP Address but for the private side
   • Start MAC Address - if mac addresses are sequential, with the first one being the private MAC address for the first computer, the second one being the public MAC address for the first computer, the third one being the private MAC address of the second computer, etc, you can enter the first one here and then have the option of generating data to add to your dhcpd.conf file from the Computer Utilities page.

     Note
     For VMware virtual machines, the MAC addresses you choose must be in the range 00:50:56:00:00:00 -00:50:56:3F:FF:FF. Pay special attention to the upper bound of this range. 00:50:56:40:00:00 - 00:50:56:FF:FF:FF are NOT valid VMware virtual machines.

   • Provisioning Engine - VMware
   • State - maintenance
   • Owner - admin@Local
   • RAM
   • No. Cores
   • Processor Speed
   • Network Speed
   • Check All VM Computers and newvmimages
6. Click Confirm Computers
7. Click Submit

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You need to add entries for your VMs to your dhcpd.conf file so that they will correctly be assigned their private addresses at boot.

1. Click Manage ComputerComputers
2. Select the All VM Computers group in the list at the top
3. Select the Computer Utilities radio button
4. Click Submit
5. Click the Check All link at the bottom of the table
6. Next to For selected computers, generate computer data for, select dhcpd
7. Click Generate Data
8. Enter the private IP address for your management node
9. Click Generate Data
10. Copy/Paste the data for dhcpd.conf to the dhcpd.conf file on your management node (ignore the part for dhcpd.leases)
11. Restart dhcpd

    Tip
    service dhcpd restart

12. Scroll to the bottom and click Close

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You need to add entries for your VM hosts and VMs to /etc/hosts

1. Click Manage ComputerComputers
2. Select the All VM Computers and the allComputers groups in the list at the top
3. Select the Computer Utilities radio button
4. Click Submit
5. Click the Check All link at the bottom of the table
6. Next to For selected computers, generate computer data for, select /etc/hosts
7. Click Generate Data
8. Copy/Paste the data to your /etc/hosts file
9. Click Close