Create a VM and install an OS

Updated at: 2024-04-23 05:38

This topic describes how to create a virtual machine (VM) and install an OS.

Prerequisites

Tasks

  • Create a VM

  • Install an OS

Create a VM

Procedure

  1. Open your browser, enter the logon address of vCenter in the address bar, and then press Enter. On the page that appears, enter the vCenter username and password, and then click LOGIN.image

    Important

    The username for vCenter is cloudadmin@acvs.aliyuncs.com, not administrator@vsphere.local. The password for vCenter is the one you specified when you create a dedicated VMware environment.

  2. Right-click Compute-ResourcePool and select New Virtual Machine.image

    Important

    You are not allowed to select Mgmt-ResourcePool because you do not have permissions to create VMs in this resource pool. You can create other resource pools in Compute-ResourcePool based on your business requirements.

  3. Select Create a new virtual machine and click NEXT.image

  4. Set the Virtual machine name parameter to, for example, CentOS82-Mini, and then select a location for the VM.image

    Important

    You do not have permissions to select the "Management VMs" folder, which is used for the management components of the dedicated VMware environment.

  5. Select Compute-ResourcePool.image

  6. Select the vSAN storage space of WorkloadDatastore.image

    Important

    You do not have permissions to access the vsanDatastore storage space and can only select the WorkloadDatastore storage space.

  7. Retain the default compatibility setting. You can also modify the setting based on your business requirements. image

  8. Select an OS and its version based on your business requirements, such as CentOS 8 Linux.image

  9. Set the hardware resources of the VM based on your business requirements, such as CPU, memory, hard disk size, and network resources. image

  10. If multiple NSX-T segments are created, select the corresponding NSX-T segments from the New Network drop-down list.image

  11. Select Content Library ISO File from the New CD/DVD Drive drop-down list. image

  12. Select the ISO image file that has been uploaded to the content library, and then click OK. image

  13. Select Connect At Power On. After the VM is powered on, it is directly booted from the ISO CD. image

  14. In the Boot Options section of the VM Options tab, select Enabled next to Secure Boot based on the OS requirements. Some OSs may not support Secure Boot. image

  15. When all the configurations are complete, click NEXT. image

  16. The configurations of the VM are displayed. If all configurations are correct, click FINISH to start creating the VM. image

Install an OS

Procedure

  1. After a VM is created, power on the VM and start to install an OS. image

  2. Select the VM and click LAUNCH WEB CONSOLE on the right. image

    Important

    Configure your browser to allow pop-up windows of the vCenter console.

  3. Install an OS in the VM console according to the installation method of the OS. image

    Important

    After the VM OS is installed, install VMware Tools in a timely manner.

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