Sunday, September 29, 2013

Virtual Machine Installation

In this i am going to show how to create a new Datacenter and add host in the datacenter and lastly how to install virtual machine on ESXi host using vCenter Server.

1- Right click on the vCenter server and select New Datacenter.

2- Give Datacenter a name. I am already created another Datacenter before so ignore that one.

3-  Right click newly created datacenter and select Add Host.

4-  Add the name and credentials of the ESXi host and select Next.

5- Select Next.

6- Select Next.

7- Select Next.

8- Select Next.

9- Select finish.

10- The host has been connected.

11- Right click on host and select New Virtual Machine.

12- Select Next.

13- Enter the name and select Next.

14- Select the storage and select Next.

15- Select the OS and select Next.

16- Select Next.

17- Select the virtual disk size and than select Next.


 18- Select Next.

19- Right click newly created virtual machine and select edit settings.


 20- In the CD/DVD drive, provide the ISO file of the OS and select ok.


 21- Now power on the virtual machine and perform the OS installation.

 22- Right click the virtual machine and select Open Console.

23- Now select Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. VM tools will install the mouse, NIC and others drivers.

 24- Select Next.

25- Select Next.
 26- Select Install.

 27- Select Finish and reboot the virtual machine.

 Conclusion: The New Datacenter has been created and the host has also been added to the datacenter. Further a new virtual machine is also created. In the next post i am going to show how to configure the Vmotion.





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