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Create Virtual Machines2023/03/10
 
Create Virtual Machines.
Upload installation ISO image you like to install to Virtual Machine on ESXi Datasore in advance.
[1] To create on shell access, configure like follows.
The example below creates a Virtual Machine of CentOS Stream 9.
# create a VM
# vim-cmd vmsvc/createdummyvm [any VM name] [Path of Datastore for VM related files]

[root@ctrl:~]
vim-cmd vmsvc/createdummyvm "CentOS_Stream_9" /vmfs/volumes/datastore1

6
[root@ctrl:~]
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms 

Vmid        Name                               File                          Guest OS    Version   Annotation
6      CentOS_Stream_9   [datastore1] CentOS_Stream_9/CentOS_Stream_9.vmx   otherGuest   vmx-19
[root@ctrl:~]
esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list 

Name                Virtual Switch  Active Clients  VLAN ID
------------------  --------------  --------------  -------
Management Network  vSwitch0                     1        0
VM Network          vSwitch0                     0        0
[root@ctrl:~]
ll /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISO 

total 15962240
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         73728 Mar 10 01:00 .
drwxr-xr-t    1 root     root         73728 Mar 10 02:00 ..
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root     9326034944 Mar 10 01:01 CentOS-Stream-9-latest-x86_64-dvd1.iso
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root     5550831616 Mar  9 04:28 Win2022_EN-US_20348.169.210806-2348.fe.iso
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root     1466714112 Mar  9 07:23 ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso
# extend virtual storage for VM
# * example below sets 30G

[root@ctrl:~]
vmkfstools -X 30g /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/CentOS_Stream_9/CentOS_Stream_9.vmdk

Grow: 100% done.
# set parameters for VM
# numvcpus : number of virtual CPU
# memSize : memory size
# ethernet0.networkName : port group that VM connects
# sata0:0.fileName : path of installation ISO image
# guestOS : type of guest OS
#     CentOS Stream9 = centos9-64
#     RHEL 9 = rhel9-64
#     Ubuntu (All ver) = ubuntu-64
#     Windows 2022 = windows2019srvnext-64
#     Windows 11 = windows11-64

[root@ctrl:~] sed -i -e '/^guestOS /d' /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/CentOS_Stream_9/CentOS_Stream_9.vmx 
[root@ctrl:~] cat >> /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/CentOS_Stream_9/CentOS_Stream_9.vmx <<'EOF' 
numvcpus = "2"
memSize = "4096"
guestOS = "centos9-64"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
ethernet0.networkName = "VM Network"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.uptCompatibility = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
sata0.present = "TRUE"
sata0:0.present = "TRUE"
sata0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
sata0:0.fileName = "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISO/CentOS-Stream-9-latest-x86_64-dvd1.iso"
EOF
# reload settings

[root@ctrl:~]
vim-cmd vmsvc/reload 6
# power on

[root@ctrl:~]
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 6

Powering on VM:
[root@ctrl:~]
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 6

Retrieved runtime info
Powered on
# * after booting VM, connect to it via VMware Host Client or VMware Remote Console
# * ESXi 7 and later, integrated VNC server has been removed
 
To create on VMware Host Client, configure like follows.
[2] Login to VMware Host Client with root user account and click [Virtual Machines] icon that is under [Navigator] menu.
[3] Click [Create / Register VM] button.
[4] Select [Create a new Virtual Machine] and proceed to next.
[5] Input any Virtual Machine name and type of Guest OS.
[6] Select a Datastore you like to locate files for this Virtual Machine.
[7] Set parameters for Virtual Machine. For [Network Adapter] section, select [VMXNET 3] if you don't have specific requirements like that you like to install pretty old OS.
[8] For [CD/DVD Drive] section, select [Datastore ISO file] and specify the path of ISO image on [CD/DVD Media] section.
[9] Confirm settings and click [Finish] button if that's OK.
[10] After creating Virtual Machine, it is listed, enter in details to click the name of it.
[11] To power on, click the image of Virtual Machine or click [Power on] button.
[12] To connect to Virtual Machine console, click the image of Virtual Machine or click [Console] button.
[13] After connecting to Virtual Machine console, it's the same way to operate it with regular procedure.
[14] To send [Ctrl + Alt + Delete] key and other specific keys, open [Actions] - [Guest OS] - [Send keys] like follows.
[15] After installing GuestOS, login to it and verify networking and other basic features to complete creating a Virtual Machine.
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