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vSphere Basic System Administration
Procedure
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Complete Virtual Machine Creation
The Ready to Complete page enables you to review your virtual machine's configuration.
To perform additional configuration before completing the virtual machine, select the Edit the virtual machine
settings before completion check box and click Next.
Before you can use your new virtual machine, you must first partition and format the virtual drive, install a
guest operating system, then install VMware Tools. Typically, the operating system's installation program
handles partitioning and formatting the virtual drive.
Installing a Guest Operating System
Installing a guest operating system inside your virtual machine is essentially the same as installing it on a
physical computer.
The basic steps for a typical operating system are described in this section. See Guest Operating System Installation
Guide for more information on individual guest operating systems.
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It might be necessary to change the boot order in the virtual machine's BIOS settings. However,
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sometimes a virtual machine's boot sequence progresses too quickly for a user to open a console to the virtual
machine and enter BIOS setup. If this happens, select the Boot Options option on the Options tab of the Virtual
Machine Properties dialog box, and select The next time the virtual machine boots, force entry into the BIOS
setup screen. The virtual machine will enter the BIOS setup the next time it boots.
Install a Guest Operating System from Media
You can install a guest operating system from ISO or CD-ROM.
Procedure
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Using the vSphere Client, log into the vCenter Server system or host on which the virtual machine resides.
2
Insert the installation CD-ROM for your guest operating system, or create an ISO image file from the
installation CD-ROM.
Using an ISO image is faster than using a CD-ROM.
3
Use the Virtual Machine Settings editor to connect the virtual machine's CD-ROM drive to the ISO image
file and power on the virtual machine.
4
To power on your virtual machine, click the Power On button.
When a virtual machine is powered on, a green right arrow appears next to the virtual machine icon in
the inventory list.
5
Follow the installation instructions provided by the operating system vendor.
Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating
system and improves management of the virtual machine.
Installing VMware Tools in the guest operating system is vital. Although the guest operating system can run
without VMware Tools, you lose important functionality and convenience.
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