Chapter 9
Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
The VMware ESXi hosts are installed, vCenter Server is running, the networks are blinking, the SAN is carved, and the VMFS volumes are formatted…let the virtualization begin! With the virtual infrastructure in place, you as the administrator must shift your attention to deploying the virtual machines.
In this chapter, you will learn to:
- Create a virtual machine
- Install a guest operating system
- Install VMware Tools
- Manage virtual machines
- Modify virtual machines
Understanding Virtual Machines
It is common for IT professionals to refer to a Windows or Linux system running on an ESXi host as a virtual machine (VM). Strictly speaking, this phrase is not 100 percent accurate. Just as a physical machine ...
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