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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide
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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide

by Mike Brown, Hersey Cartwright, Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Karel Novak, Paolo Valsecchi
November 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
768 pages
32h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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Virtual machines

Now, when we have configured the networking of the Master ESXi server, let's create several virtual machines that will be used for our lab. In my case, I am running all VMs with a thin disc. Of course, your resource configuration might be different, so take this as an example only:

VM name

CPU

RAM

HDD

OS

Notes

DC01.learnvmware.local

1

2

20

Windows

Domain controller 1

DC02.learnvmware.local

1

2

20

Windows

Domain controller 1

Mgmt.learnvmware.local

2

4

40

Windows

Management station

iSCSI

4

4

20

Windows

iSCSI storage array

Esxi-prod-1.learnvmware.local

2

12

10

ESXi

vESXi1

 

 

Esxi-prod-2.learnvmware.local

2

12

10

ESXi

vESXi2

 

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