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vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Procedure u Select to clone a template to a template. Option Description Open the New Virtual Machine wizard from any object in the inventory Open the Clone Template to Template wizard from a template a Right-click any inventory object that is a valid parent object of a virtual machine, such as a datacenter, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host, and select New Virtual Machine. b Select Clone Template to Template and click Next. The Select a name and folder page opens. a Search or browse for a template. b Right-click the template and select Clone. The Select a name and folder page opens. Select a Template to Clone in the vSphere Web Client If you started the New Virtual Machine wizard from an inventory object other than a template, you select a template to clone. This page appears only if you opened the wizard from a nontemplate inventory object, such as a host or cluster. If you opened the Convert Template to Virtual Machine wizard from a template, this page does not appear. Procedure 1 Accept the default template, the template from which you opened the New Virtual Machine wizard, or select a different template. 2 Click Next. Select a Name and Location for the Template When you deploy a template to the vCenter Server inventory, you provide a unique name for it. The unique name distinguishes it from existing templates in the virtual machine folder or datacenter. The name can contain up to 80 characters. You can select a datacenter or folder location for the template, depending on your organizational needs. Folders provide a way to store virtual machines and templates for different groups in an organization and you can set permissions on them. If you prefer a flatter hierarchy, you can put all virtual machines and templates in a datacenter and organize them a different way. Procedure 1 Type a name for the template. 2 Select or search for the datacenter or folder in which to deploy the template. 3 Click Next. Select a Resource for a Virtual Machine Template When you deploy a virtual machine template, select a host or cluster resource for the template. The template must be registered with an ESXi host. The host handles all requests for the template and must be running when you create a virtual machine from the template. Procedure 1 Search or browse for the host or cluster and select it. Any Compatibility problems appear at the bottom of the window. 40 VMware, Inc.
2 Click Next. Select a Datastore for the Virtual Machine Template Each virtual machine or virtual machine template requires a folder or directory for its virtual disks and files. When you create a virtual machine or template to deploy to the vCenter Server inventory, select a datastore or datastore cluster for the virtual machine's configuration and other files and all of the virtual disks. Each datastore can have a different size, speed, availability, and other properties. Procedure 1 Select the format for the virtual machine's disks and click Next. Option Action Same format as source Use the same format as the source virtual machine. Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed Create a virtual disk in a default thick format. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated during creation. Any data remaining on the physical device is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand at a later time on first write from the virtual machine. 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) Apply a virtual machine Storage Profile from the VM Storage Profile drop-down menu. 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. Finish Virtual Machine Template Creation Before you deploy the template, you can review the template settings. Procedure 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. 1 Review the template settings and make any necessary changes by clicking Back to go back to the relevant page. 2 Click Finish. Chapter 3 Deploying Virtual Machines in the vSphere Web Client The progress of the clone task appears in the Recent Tasks pane. When the task completes, the template appears in the inventory. VMware, Inc. 41
Page 1 and 2: vSphere Virtual Machine Administrat
Page 3 and 4: Contents About vSphere Virtual Mach
Page 5 and 6: Add a Shared Smart Card Reader to V
Page 7 and 8: About vSphere Virtual Machine Admin
Page 9 and 10: Introduction to VMware vSphere 1 Vi
Page 11 and 12: Virtual Machine Lifecycle You creat
Page 13 and 14: Table 1-2. Virtual Machine Hardware
Page 15 and 16: vSphere Client and vSphere Web Clie
Page 17 and 18: About Provisioning Virtual Machines
Page 19 and 20: Deploying Virtual Machines in the 3
Page 21 and 22: Start the New Virtual Machine Creat
Page 23 and 24: 3 If you selected Other as the gues
Page 25 and 26: n Datastore.Low level file operatio
Page 27 and 28: Procedure u Select to deploy a virt
Page 29 and 30: 3 Select a datastore location for t
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Page 35 and 36: Procedure 1 Apply a customization s
Page 37 and 38: Procedure u Select an option to clo
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Page 43 and 44: Procedure u Select how to convert a
Page 45 and 46: Create a vCenter Server Application
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Page 51 and 52: 7 Select the time zone for the virt
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Deploying OVF Templates 5 The VMwar
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11 Select a datastore to store the
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Select OVF Name and Location Specif
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Procedure 1 Select a binding servic
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Example: Folder Locations for OVF a
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Installing the Microsoft Sysprep To
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7 Repeat this procedure to extract
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Configuring Virtual Machine Hardwar
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Set the Default Compatibility for V
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Table 7-2. Supported Features for V
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Virtual CPU Limitations The maximum
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3 Select the number of cores per so
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2 On the Virtual Hardware tab, expa
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Change CPU/MMU Virtualization Setti
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3 Click OK. Change Memory Hot Add S
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Authentication Parameters for Virtu
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Add a Hard Disk to a Virtual Machin
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6 Select the datastore location whe
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What to do next n (Optional) Change
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n Ensure that you are familiar with
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Configure a Client Device Type for
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Configuring USB Devices for vMotion
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Remove USB Devices from a Client Co
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Configuring Virtual Machine Options
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Prerequisites n Verify that the vir
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Configuring Virtual Machines in the
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Table 9-1. ESXi Hosts and Compatibl
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Prerequisites Power off the virtual
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Virtual CPU Limitations The maximum
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4 Select a value from the Number of
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Configure Processor Scheduling Affi
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Change the Memory Configuration in
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n Affinity settings are meaningful
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Network Adapters and Legacy Virtual
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connections to a virtual machine's
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5 (Optional) Select or deselect the
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Shares is a value that represents t
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Apply Virtual Machine Storage Profi
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Change the SCSI Controller Type in
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Add a Floppy Drive to a Virtual Mac
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4 Click OK to save your changes. Vi
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USB Configuration from an ESXi Host
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n You can connect only one USB 3.0
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n vmxnet 3 Prerequisites You must p
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Managing Multi-Tiered Applications
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Option Description Reservation Type
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Map Network for Cloned vApp in the
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Select Name and Network in the vSph
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6 Select a datastore and click Next
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Monitoring Solutions with the vCent
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Managing Virtual Machines 13 You ca
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Edit Virtual Machine Startup and Sh
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Return a Virtual Machine or Templat
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Details Shows the snapshot name and
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Take a Snapshot in the vSphere Web
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Restoring Snapshots To return a vir
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The virtual machine power and data
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