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If you are using standalone VMWare servers (i.e. ones that VCL did not deploy using xCAT), you first need to add the VMWare servers; then, you need to add the virtual machines. You can either add them individually (Adding Individual VMWare Servers/Virtual Machines), or if they have sequential hostnames and IP addresses, you can add them all at once (Adding Multiple VMWare Servers/Virtual Machines).

Adding Individual VMWare Servers

  1. click "Manage Computers"
  2. select the "Add Single Computer" radio button
  3. click Submit
  4. fill in
    • Hostname
    • IP Address
    • State - vmhostinuse
    • owner (admin@Local)
    • RAM
    • Proc Speed
    • Network Speed
    • Type - blade
    • Provisioning Engine - xCAT 2.x Provisioning
    • click the checkbox under "allcomputers"
  5. click Confirm Computer
  6. click Submit (don't worry about the fact that the computer you just added isn't listed after clicking Submit)

Adding Individual Virtual Machines

  1. click "Manage Computers"
  2. select the "Add Single Computer" radio button
  3. click Submit
  4. fill in
    • Hostname
    • IP Address
    • State - maintenance
    • owner (admin@Local)
    • RAM
    • Proc Speed
    • Network Speed
    • Type - virtualmachine - double check this because you will not be able to change it later
    • Provisioning Engine -
    • click the checkbox under "All VM Computers" and "newvmimages"
  5. click Confirm Computer
  6. click Submit (don't worry about the fact that the computer you just added isn't listed after clicking Submit)

Adding Multiple VMWare Servers

  1. click "Manage Computers"
  2. select the "Add Multiple Computers" radio button
  3. click Submit
  4. fill in
    • 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
    • Start IP Address - if using static public addresses, the IP addresses must be sequential; enter the first address here; if using DHCP, just enter something like 1.1.1.1
    • End IP address - the last 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)
    • Owner - owner of the computer
    • RAM
    • Processor Speed
    • Network Speed
    • Type - blade
    • Provisioning Engine - xCAT 2.x
    • check allComputers
  5. click Confirm Computer
  6. click Submit (don't worry about the fact that the computers you just added aren't listed after clicking Submit)

Adding Multiple Virtual Machines

  1. click "Manage Computers"
  2. select the "Add Multiple Computers" radio button
  3. click Submit
  4. fill in
    • 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
    • Start IP Address - if using static public addresses, the IP addresses must be sequential; enter the first address here; if using DHCP, just enter something like 1.1.1.1
    • End IP address - the last 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 - (optional) similar to Start IP Address, but for the private side
    • End private IP Address - (optional) similar to the End IP Address but for the private side
    • Start MAC Address - (optional) 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 later in the process.
    • State - maintenance
    • Owner - owner of the computer
    • RAM
    • Processor Speed
    • Network Speed
    • Type - virtualmachine - double check this because you will not be able to change it later
    • Provisioning Engine -
    • check "All VM Computers" and newvmimages
  5. click Confirm Computer
  6. click Submit (don't worry about the fact that the computers you just added aren't listed after clicking Submit)
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