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vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
Option Action
Thick Provision Eager Zeroed Create a thick disk that supports clustering features such as Fault Tolerance.
Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time. In contrast to
the thick provision lazy zeroed format, the data remaining on the physical
device is zeroed out during creation. It might take longer to create disks in
this format than to create other types of disks.
Thin Provision Use the thin provisioned format. At first, a thin provisioned disk uses only
as much datastore space as the disk initially needs. If the thin disk needs more
space later, it can grow to the maximum capacity allocated to it.
2 (Optional) Assign a storage profile from the VM Storage Profile drop-down menu.
Storage profiles define the storage capabilities that are required by the applications running on the virtual
machine.
3 Select a datastore location for the virtual disk.
Option Action
Store the virtual disk and virtual
machine configuration files in the
same location on a datastore.
Store the disk in a separate datastore
location.
Store all virtual machine files in the
same datastore cluster.
Select Clone Options
Select Store with the virtual machine from the Location drop-down menu.
Select Browse from the Location drop-down menu, and select a datastore
for the disk.
a Select Browse from the Location drop-down menu and select a datastore
cluster for the disk.
b (Optional) If you do not want to use Storage DRS with this virtual
machine, select Disable Storage DRS for this virtual machine and select
a datastore within the datastore cluster.
You can optionally select to customize the guest operating system, customize the virtual machine's hardware,
and turn on the virtual machine when you complete the creation procedure. You can customize the guest
operating system to change properties, such as the computer name, and network and license settings, which
helps prevent conflicts that can result if you deploy virtual machines with identical settings. You can add a
CD device such as an ISO file to install the guest operating system or you can reconfigure the virtual machine
storage or networking, before you deploy the virtual machine.
NOTE If you opened the wizard from an object other than a virtual machine or template, the Select Clone
Options page does not appear. These options are available on a different page of the wizard.
Procedure
1 Select Customize the Operating System.
2 Select Customize this virtual machine's hardware.
3 Select Power on virtual machine after creation.
4 Click Next.
Customize the Guest Operating System
When you customize a guest operating system, you can prevent conflicts that might result if you deploy virtual
machines with identical settings, such as duplicate computer names. You can change the computer name,
network settings, and license settings. You can customize guest operating systems when you clone a virtual
machine or deploy a virtual machine from a template.
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