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vSphere Virtual Machine Management
vSphere Virtual Machine Management

vSphere Virtual Machine Management: This tutorial will help VMware administrators fine-tune and expand their expertise with vSphere. From creating and configuring virtual machines to optimizing performance, it's all here in a crystal clear series of chapters.

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vSphere Virtual Machine Management

Chapter 2. Creating a Virtual Machine Using the Wizard

In Chapter 1, Virtual Machine Concepts, we discussed the conceptual idea and structural makeup of a virtual machine. Now it's time to discuss how to create a virtual machine from scratch using the creation wizard. Step-by-step instructions will be given on creating a virtual machine using vSphere Client and vSphere Web Client.

In this chapter, you will learn:

  • How to create a virtual machine using the typical configuration wizard

  • How to create a virtual machine using the custom configuration wizard

  • How to create a virtual machine using vSphere Web Client

  • Different virtual machine configuration options presented in the wizards

vSphere Client versus vSphere Web Client


There are now two possible graphical user interface client choices for managing your vCenter Server inventory. But you may not know which client should be utilized for daily use. Upon release of the full-featured vSphere Web Client in vSphere 5.1, VMware made it known that no new features would be added to vSphere Client. Since vSphere Web Client provides the new features of vSphere 5.1 and vSphere 5.5, it is the one that you want to use. Not only that, but vSphere Client can only be installed on a Windows operating system, whereas vSphere Web Client is a platform independent browser-based implementation. As of vSphere 5.5, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9 (64-bit), and 10, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome are supported on Windows operating systems. Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are also supported on Mac OS X.

There are cases where you may be attempting to use a plugin that has not yet been updated to work with vSphere Web Client. You may not...

Creating a VM using the typical configuration wizard


In order to launch the virtual machine creation wizard, right-click on a container that a virtual machine can reside in (Cluster, ESXi host, and resource pool, among others). Select New Virtual Machine....

Once the Create New Virtual Machine wizard is launched, there are two options, Typical and Custom, as shown in the next screenshot. A typical configuration uses common virtual hardware and configurations based on the selection of the guest operating system. A custom configuration, which will be explored in the next section Creating a VM using the custom configuration wizard, allows you to modify the specifications of the virtual hardware.

After selecting Typical, click on the Next button.

Name and Location

On the Name and Location pane, the virtual machine's name should be specified. Whatever name is specified for the virtual machine will result in all virtual machine files being named the same. The Inventory Location needs to be specified...

Creating a VM using the custom configuration wizard


In order to launch the Create New Virtual Machine wizard, right-click on a container that a virtual machine can reside in (Cluster, ESXi host, resource pool, among others). Select New Virtual Machine. Once the wizard has launched, select the Custom option.

The custom configuration allows the specification of specific virtual hardware, whereas the typical configuration uses the default hardware based upon the guest operating system. The Configuration pane is shown in the following screenshot:

After selecting Custom, click on the Next button.

Name and Location

On the Name and Location pane, the virtual machine's Name should be specified. Remember that whatever name is specified here will also be used for the virtual machine directory and filenames. An Inventory Location that designates where the VM is placed in the inventory for the VM and Template view in vCenter needs to be specified.

Once a folder is selected for the virtual machine's placement...

Creating a VM using vSphere Web Client


The vSphere Web Client was released in vSphere 5.0, but it had only a subset of the features of vSphere Client until a fully featured vSphere Web Client was released in vSphere 5.1. VMware has made numerous improvements to vSphere Web Client in vSphere 5.5 (including drag-and-drop and Mac OS X support), further asserting it as the future of management interfaces. All the new vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 features have been made available solely in vSphere Web Client; due to this, it is important to familiarize ourselves with the Web Client.

In order to launch the virtual machine creation wizard, open vSphere Web Client and navigate to one of the vCenter views. From there, right-click on a container that a virtual machine can reside in (Cluster, ESXi host, resource pool, among others) and select New Virtual Machine....

The next screenshot shows all of vSphere Web Client's available options in the New Virtual Machine wizard. The other options will be discussed in...

Summary


A virtual machine can be created using both vSphere Client and vSphere Web Client. However, vSphere Client is less featured than vSphere Web Client in vSphere 5.5. The added functionality makes vSphere Web Client the preferred client for accessing and administering vCenter server. A typical creation of a virtual machine will result in the default selection for the virtual hardware, whereas a custom creation will allow for the specification of virtual hardware by the administrator. Each virtual machine is equipped with virtual hardware and devices that allow the same functionality as physical hardware. These include one or more virtual CPUs, memory, video card, IDE devices, SCSI devices, DVD/CD-ROM, parallel and serial ports, and network adapters. The selected virtual hardware version dictates compatibility with an ESXi host. Virtual hardware versions 9 and 10 are only available for selection using vSphere Web Client. Once a virtual machine is upgraded to hardware version 10, the...

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What you will learn

  • Understand virtual machine concepts
  • Create a virtual machine using the wizard
  • Understand other ways to provision virtual machines
  • Discover advanced virtual machine settings
  • Manage multitiered applications with vApps
  • Migrate and monitor your virtual machines
  • Balance resource utilization and availability
  • Optimize virtual machine performance and resource allocation

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Table of Contents

10 Chapters
Virtual Machine Concepts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating a Virtual Machine Using the Wizard Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Ways to Provision a Virtual Machine Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Advanced Virtual Machine Settings Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Multitiered Applications with vApps Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Virtual Machine Performance and Resource Allocation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Monitoring Virtual Machines Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Migrating Virtual Machines Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Balancing Resource Utilization and Availability Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Virtual Machine Design Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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vNelsonTX May 01, 2014
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Ask anyone in this industry and they will tell you those pivotal moments in their careers when they were inspired, mentored, coached by a select few that sling-shot them to great times. I have been fortunate to have several of those people that I got to work with or mentored by that have pushed me in the right direction in my career. I met Rebecca Fitzhugh while attending my vSphere 5.1 Install, Configure and Manage required classroom training in 2012. She was a delight to have as a teacher not only because of her vast knowledge on the topic of vSphere and vCenter, but also because she taught more than the manual and showcased real world scenarios, that we all know so well aren’t normally covered in these types of classes although VMware does a better job than other companies! At the conclusion of the class we exchanged information knowing that there would be opportunities to network in the future. Fast forward two years, Rebecca and I continue to network and she pushes me to pursue higher-level learning from VMware. Because of her suggestions, I have attained my VCA-Cloud, VCA-WM, VCA-DCV, VCP-DCV and VCP-DT. I am also currently studying for my VCAP-DTA and DCA. She truly has been one of those people that have inspired me to push further in my career and reinforce good values when working with my clients.Rebecca approached me at VMworld 2013 in San Francisco about a book she was writing about vSphere Virtual Machines, I was intrigued about this great opportunity for her and pressed her to keep me in the loop should an opportunity come up where I could partially return the favor for the knowledge she gave me. I am proud to be writing this review for her, because I know the knowledge that is in this book has already been put to use by me and will be by countless others. The book itself comprises of 326 pages and 10 chapters and is a nice balance of introduction, technical and deep dive with regards to vSphere VM’s.The book covers a lot of ground for all aspects of a VMware Admin from new to experienced. The author gives a thorough explanation of what a virtual machine is and the components that make one up, how to create virtual machines, provisioning, creating templates and how to configure resource pools. This is a great book for any admin that interacts with VMware vSphere and vCenter. I particularly appreciated the fact that most of the concepts in this book are current as of vSphere and vCenter 5.5. I highly recommend this book for any die-hard VMware person or someone brand new to the software suite. Grab a copy today and see for yourself!
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The book is written well and is succinct in it's delivery of the subject matter. It serves as a phenomenal desk reference to the vSphere administrator who is responsible for managing an inherited brownfield deployment. The book is also of service to any administrator who may one day be responsible for an upgrade or greenfield deployment, as it provides solid principles upon which a foundation for building VMs with proper resource allocation.Solid index for reference, and well considered table of contents with great explanations of features and why they are relevant to the administrator (instead of just explaining a feature and mentioning how it's configured).
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I found this book extremely helpful and enormously useful. Each and every aspect of vSphere management that I needed to have personally explained from initial setup, and deployment, to management and techniques that have found their way into every day virtual machine management, utilization, upkeep and deployment. While I have utilized a hand full of the features in machine management, this book does a very good job in preparing me to use this powerful tool set for many years to come. Aspects that are covered include, virtual machine concepts, how, when, what, and why they are utilized, configuration and subsequent management, the tools that would be included, such as alternate provisioning methodology and machine conversion. Allocation of resources is covered as well as performance aspects, each subject area is well covered and throughly explained. I will be using this book for several years to come, it enabled me to solve these issues, one I was able to utilize the information in order obtain an understanding to impress an prospective client, and I was able rebuild a vSphere server completely and was happy with my results.
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Any more everyone is putting out VMware books and it kind of hard to sift out the good and the bad ones. Most of them cover all the same topics but do not go into detail. But I have to say I found good use out of this book. They covered all the major areas. They did a good job of covering from beginning to end deployment. They offer some good management tips. I think the author did a wonderful job on this book. I can see myself using this book for some time to come.
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