vSphere
We are going to create a new Virtual Server uing vSphere.
So lets start.
Browse to File,New,Virtual Machine
So lets start.
Browse to File,New,Virtual Machine
We are going to complete a very basic server setup.
As you can see we have Typical and Custom,
Select Typical
As you can see we have Typical and Custom,
Select Typical
Give your new server a name
As you can see i have blanked out the names on my servers for safety reasons, but this is an over view of how my network is setup
I have a Main group for all the major servers on site for example domain controller, exchange backup server, and separate groups for servers that deal with the staff and clients.
My server is called New Test Server and i am placing it in to the test server group
As you can see i have blanked out the names on my servers for safety reasons, but this is an over view of how my network is setup
I have a Main group for all the major servers on site for example domain controller, exchange backup server, and separate groups for servers that deal with the staff and clients.
My server is called New Test Server and i am placing it in to the test server group
Select your environment under hosts
Im currently running 3 physical servers so i have selected the top one
Im currently running 3 physical servers so i have selected the top one
Then select the data store you would like the server to run from
Choose the type of guest operating system you will be installing or the closest one you can find
Decide on how many network cards you would like the new server to have, don't worry to much about this as you can add more later on.
Select the size of the virtual Hard drive that the OS will be install upon, i will be installing Windows server 2008r2 so as a guide i just leave it at 40gig.
Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
Creates a virtual disk in a default thick format. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated when the virtual disk is created. Data remaining on the physical device is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand at a later time on first write from the virtual machine.
Using the default flat virtual disk format does not zero out or eliminate the possibility of recovering deleted files or restoring old data that might be present on this allocated space. You cannot convert a flat disk to a thin disk.
Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
A type of thick virtual disk that supports clustering features such as Fault Tolerance. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time. In contrast to the flat format, the data remaining on the physical device is zeroed out when the virtual disk is created. It might take much longer to create disks in this format than to create other types of disks.
Thin Provision
Use this format to save storage space. For the thin disk, you provision as much datastore space as the disk would require based on the value that you enter for the disk size. However, the thin disk starts small and at first, uses only as much datastore space as the disk needs for its initial operations.
Creates a virtual disk in a default thick format. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated when the virtual disk is created. Data remaining on the physical device is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand at a later time on first write from the virtual machine.
Using the default flat virtual disk format does not zero out or eliminate the possibility of recovering deleted files or restoring old data that might be present on this allocated space. You cannot convert a flat disk to a thin disk.
Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
A type of thick virtual disk that supports clustering features such as Fault Tolerance. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time. In contrast to the flat format, the data remaining on the physical device is zeroed out when the virtual disk is created. It might take much longer to create disks in this format than to create other types of disks.
Thin Provision
Use this format to save storage space. For the thin disk, you provision as much datastore space as the disk would require based on the value that you enter for the disk size. However, the thin disk starts small and at first, uses only as much datastore space as the disk needs for its initial operations.
Click next and then finish at the end.
The New server you create will now build you should see the activity at the bottom of the screen under recent tasks.
The server will pop up now on the left hand side
Rright click on your new server and select edit settings
The New server you create will now build you should see the activity at the bottom of the screen under recent tasks.
The server will pop up now on the left hand side
Rright click on your new server and select edit settings
You will be greeted to the following box.
Here we can edit all the various components of the machine
Memory, CPU, Hdd, Nic's etc
But the one we want is the CD Drive
Make sure that you have downloaded an iso of your relevant software
Here we can edit all the various components of the machine
Memory, CPU, Hdd, Nic's etc
But the one we want is the CD Drive
Make sure that you have downloaded an iso of your relevant software
Choose "Datastore ISO File" and point it to where you have your ISO saved
And now tick connect at power on
Power on your new server
And now tick connect at power on
Power on your new server
Now go back to panel on the left hand side of the screen and right click on your server, select open console after a few second you should see that it it has started to boot up and is in the process of installing your OS
Proceed just as you would installing the operating system on a physical computer
Ctrl + Alt is you friend when your in the VM console as it releases your mouse pointer allowing you to go back yo your desktop.
Ctrl + Alt is you friend when your in the VM console as it releases your mouse pointer allowing you to go back yo your desktop.