Overview
HI GIO provides virtual machine (VM) template sizes and operating systems.
The HI GIO’s template are a good place to start when you first deploy VMs into the HI GIO. However, you may want to create your template, containing specific applications, setting which you can then use to deploy VMs quickly.
Assume your VM already installed OS, VMware tools, preconfigure.
Procedure
I. Customize your VM.
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.
2. Click card view
3. In the card of the virtual machine that you want to start, click DETAILS.
4. To enable Hot-add for CPU\Memory, Click Compute > Edit (CPU section or Memory section)
5. Enable toggle and click Save
NOTE: vSphere restriction
(1) VMware has set a maximum value for hot add memory. By default, this value is 16 times the amount of memory assigned to the virtual machine. (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2020846)
(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).
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.
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)
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.
2. Click card view
3. In the card of the virtual machine that you want to start, click ACTIONS.
4. Click Create Template
On Add to Catalog page
5. Select catalog that will storage this template
6. Enter Name of template
7. Select Customize VM setting and click OK to processs
