{"id":1535,"date":"2015-01-13T22:52:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T22:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2015-01-13T22:52:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T22:52:14","slug":"vmware-how-to-create-virtual-machine-and-install-guest-os-using-vsphere-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=1535","title":{"rendered":"VMware: How to Create Virtual Machine and Install Guest OS using vSphere Client"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once you\u2019ve\u00a0installed VMware ESXi Server<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0vSphere client<\/a>, you can start creating VM instance and install a guest operating system on it ( e.g. Linux, Windows, etc.,) as explained in this article.<\/p>\n

1. Launch Create VM Wizard<\/h3>\n

Login to the ESXi server using vSphere Client. Provide the ESXi root username and password.<\/p>\n

From the vSphere client menu, select File -> New -> Virtual Machine, which will launch the create new virtual machien wizard as shown below. Choose \u201cTypical\u201d for the configuration.<\/p>\n

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2. Specify the Virtual Machine Name<\/h3>\n

Specify the name of the VM instance in the \u201cName and Location\u201d section. In this example, I gave db-server as the VM name.<\/p>\n

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3. Choose the Datastore<\/h3>\n

vSphere client will display all the datastore available in the ESXi server. In this example, there is only one datastore available with the name \u201cdatastore1\u2033.<\/p>\n

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4. Choose Guest OS of the Virtual Machine<\/h3>\n

Choose from one of the following guest operating system that you would like to install.<\/p>\n

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  • Microsoft Windows<\/li>\n
  • Linux<\/li>\n
  • Novell NetWare<\/li>\n
  • Solaris<\/li>\n
  • Other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In the following example, I choose Linux and \u201cRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit)\u201d from the \u201cVersion\u201d drop-down list.<\/p>\n

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    Please note that creating virtual machine does not install the guest OS for you. You still have to do it once you\u2019ve created the virtual machine.<\/p>\n

    5. Create a Disk for VM<\/h3>\n

    Choose how much disk space you would like to allocated from the datastore for this particular VM. In this example, the available disk-space in the \u201cdatastore1\u2033 is 130 GB. I\u2019ve allocated 60 GB for the virtual disk of this particular VM.<\/p>\n

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    6. VM \u2013 Ready to Install<\/h3>\n

    The wizard will display your choices in the \u201cReady to Complete\u201d section as shown below.<\/p>\n

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    7. Virtual Machine Created \u2013 View Summary<\/h3>\n

    Once the virtual machine is created, you can view the summary as shown below.<\/p>\n

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    This displays following information about the VM.<\/p>\n

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    • Guest OS of the VM<\/li>\n
    • CPU allocated for this VM<\/li>\n
    • Memory (RAM) allocated for this VM<\/li>\n
    • Disk space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      8. Install the guest OS on the VM<\/h3>\n

      Once the VM is installed, insert the guest OS CD in the cd-drive. In this example, the guest OS is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. So, I inserted the RHEL 5 cd in the cd-drive.<\/p>\n

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      After this, you can install the Linux OS on the VM from the \u201cConsole\u201d tab of the virtual machine as shown below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Once you\u2019ve\u00a0installed VMware ESXi Server\u00a0and\u00a0vSphere client, you can start creating VM instance and install a guest operating system on it ( e.g. Linux, Windows, etc.,) as explained in this article. 1. Launch Create VM Wizard Login to the ESXi server using vSphere Client. Provide the ESXi root username and password. From the vSphere client menu, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtualization-virtual","category-virtualization-vmware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1537,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions\/1537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}