VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual page 44

VMware View Administrator's Guide
Create a Virtual Machine for View Desktop Deployment
You use vSphere Client to create virtual machines in vCenter Server for View desktops.
Prerequisites
Upload an ISO image file of the guest operating system to a datastore on your ESX server.
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Familiarize yourself with the custom configuration parameters for virtual machines. See
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Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, log in to the vCenter Server system.
2 Select File > New > Virtual Machine to start the New Virtual Machine wizard.
3 Select Custom and configure custom configuration parameters.
4 Select Edit the virtual machine settings before completion and click Continue to configure hardware
settings.
a Add a CD/DVD drive, set the media type to use an ISO image file, select the ISO image file of the
guest operating system that you uploaded to your datastore, and select Connect at power on.
b If you are installing a Windows XP guest operating system, add a floppy drive and set the Device Type
to Client Device.
c Set Power-on Boot Delay to 10,000 milliseconds.
5 Click Finish to create the virtual machine.
What to do next
Install a guest operating system on the virtual machine.
Virtual Machine Custom Configuration Parameters
You can use virtual machine custom configuration parameters as baseline settings when you create a virtual
machine for View desktop deployment.
If you use View Administrator as your View desktop manager for deploying pooled desktops, you can change
these settings when deploying template-based View desktops.
Table 4-1. Custom Configuration Parameters
Parameter
Name and Location
Host/Cluster
Resource Pool
Datastore
Guest Operating System
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Description and Recommendations
The name and location of the virtual machine.
If you plan to use the virtual machine as a template, assign a
generic name. The location can be any folder within your
datacenter inventory.
The ESX server or cluster of server resources that will run the
virtual machine.
If you plan to use the virtual machine as a template, the
location of the initial virtual machine does not necessarily
specify where future virtual machines created from template
will reside.
If the physical ESX server resources are divided into resource
pools, you can assign them to the virtual machine.
The location of files associated with the virtual machine.
The type of operating system that you will install in the
virtual machine.
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