Vsphere 6.0 client create vm copy
The default gateway in this case is going to be the IP address of our domain controller. Remember, this is our management network that is on our 10.10.2.0 network. Here, we want to select Set static IPv4 address and network configuration and enter in our IP address. Select Configure Management Network from the list Let’s configure the IP address and NIC that we are going to use to communicate directly with the host. Now we are at the System Customization screen. Now press F2 and enter in the root password that we just created Here we are at the final screen after the server boots up completely. Press Enter to reboot the server and we will begin initial configuration. Write this password down because we are going to need it later when we start configuring the host. Select your preferred language and press EnterĬreate a root password.
#VSPHERE 6.0 CLIENT CREATE VM COPY INSTALL#
Select the disk that you want to install ESXi on…in this case we only have the one 3GB disk that we resized. Press F11 to accept the EULA and continue Start the VM and lets attach our ESXi 6 ISO and connect the CD/DVD Drive
Since we are trying to conserve disk space, we are going to reduce the size of the hard disk from 40GB to 3GB because ESXi is such a small install. Select VMware ESX > VMware ESXi 6 and click Continue Two for management, two for iSCSI storage, one for Fault Tolerance, one for vMotion, and one for the VM Network. We are going to add a total of seven NICs to each of our hosts. Once we have our networks created, we will create our two ESXi hosts. Our network settings for each of our networks should appear like this We will create 5 different subnets for our network, one for each feature. The first thing we want to do is create our different networks for the different vSphere features that we want to use. We will also create shared storage so that we can test features like HA and svMotion.
#VSPHERE 6.0 CLIENT CREATE VM COPY HOW TO#
With this, combined with VMware Fusion 8, I am going to show you how to create a vSphere 6 environment. I’m storing all my VMs on an external SanDisk 480GB SSD external drive.
At my disposal is a Mid 2015 MacBook Pro with a 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 with 16GB of DDR3 RAM and a 512GB SSD. Also, I like the ability to be portable and I think its safe to say that a server isn’t the most portable thing in the world. I wanted to create this post because like me, many people just don’t have all the necessary equipment to create a full blown lab to play around and test things in.