Specifications

Basic System Administration
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Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
 “UsingtheNewVirtualMachineWizard”onpage 144
 “InstallingaGuestOperatingSystem”onpage 154
 “InstallingandUpgradingVMwareTools”onpage 155
Youmusthavetheappropriateprivilegesbeforeyoucancreatevirtualmachines.
ConsultyourVirtualCenteradministratorifyouarenotsurewhetheryouhavethe
necessaryprivileges.
Using the New Virtual Machine Wizard
YoucanaccesstheNewVirtualMachinewizardfrommanydifferentlocations.The
instructionsinthischapterseeonemethodofstartingthewizard.Inmostcontexts,the
right‐clickpop‐upmenuforthefollowingGUIobjectsincludesanoptionthatenables
youtolaunchtheNewVirtualMachinewizard:
 Resourcepools
 Clusters
 Hosts
 Virtualmachinefolders
AswiththeVIClientasawhole,theNewVirtualMachinewizardiscontextsensitive
anditsscreensandconfigurationoptionschangedependingonyourhostenvironment
andyourselections.Onlythosescreensandoptionsthatareapplicabletothecurrent
contextareenabled;itemsthatare
notapplicabletothecontextareeitherremovedor
disabled.
AfteryoulaunchtheNewVirtualMachinewizard,youmustchooseoneofthe
followingpaths:
 Typical—Thispathshortenstheprocessbyskippingsomechoicesthatrarely
needchangingfromtheirdefaults.See“CreatingTypicalVirtualMachines”on
page 145.
 Custom—Thecustompathprovidesmoreflexibilityandoptions.See“Creating
CustomVirtualMachines”onpage 148.
Performing Additional Configuration Before Completion
Thefinalwizardscreenforeachpathenablesyoutoreviewyourconfiguration
selectionsandoptionallyopentheVirtualMachinePropertiesdialogboxtosetfurther
configurationoptions,suchasaddingadditionaldisks,beforeinstantiatingthevirtual
machine.