Overview
HI GIO provides virtual machine (VM) template sizes and operating systems.
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Prerequisites: VMware Tools must be install & VM is powered off.
On the Virtual Data Center dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore and from the left panel, select Virtual Machines.
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2. Click card view
3. In the card of the virtual machine that you want to start, click DETAILS.
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4. To enable\disable Hot-add for CPU\Memory, Click Compute > Edit (CPU section or Memory section)
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VM must be powered off state. |
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5. Enable toggle and click Save
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(2) If you are running WM with Linux OS having less than 3GB RAM you can change the memory only up to 3GB RAM in total. If you need more. You must power off VM, increase memory to for example 4 GB RAM and power on again. (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2008405).
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6. To customize Guest OS, Click Guest OS Customization > EDIT
TIP: Guest OS Customization will help you prepare the logon, change password\ Join Domain (just for Windows) in first boot after deploying.
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7. On Edit Guest Properties
Depend on guest OS – Linux or Windows. The view of this page have some different:
The Enable guest customization check box is selected.
Change SID option (for Windows OS)
Select Allow local administrator password
Select Require administrator to change password on first login to require all administrators to change the password upon initial log in (Administrators must know the old password)
Select Auto Generate password or Specify password (if you want to define by yourself).
Join Domain (this session for Windows OS)
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8. Click Save
II. Creating VM templates
On the Virtual Data Center dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore and from the left panel, select Virtual Machines.
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2. Click card view
3. In the card of the virtual machine that you want to start, click ACTIONS.
4. Click Create Template
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On Add to Catalog page
5. Select catalog that will storage this template
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