Learning VMware vSphere

Creating a virtual machine

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

The following image displays the Select a creation type pane. There are multiple ways to create a virtual machine, to include cloning, deploying from a template, and so on:

Select Create a new virtual machine and press Next.

First, Enter a name for ...