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Select a Datastore
Select a datastore that will contain the virtual machine and its virtual disk files.
For ESX/ESXi hosts, the datastores are configured on that host, including FC, NAS, and iSCSI volumes.
Procedure
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Select a datastore large enough to hold the virtual machine and all of its virtual disk files and click Next.
Select a Virtual Machine Version
If the host or cluster where you chose to locate the virtual machine supports more than one VMware virtual
machine version, you have the option to select a version for your virtual machine.
Select one of the following versions:
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Virtual machine version 4 — Compatible with ESX 3.0 and greater hosts and VMware Server 1.0 and
greater hosts. Recommended for virtual machines that need to run on ESX 3.x hosts and for virtual
machines that must share virtual hard disks with other version 4 virtual machines.
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Virtual machine version 7 — Compatible with ESX 4.0 and greater hosts. Provides greater virtual machine
functionality. Recommended for virtual machines that do not need to migrate to ESX 3.x hosts.
Select an Operating System
The guest operating system you select affects the supported devices and number of virtual CPUs available for
the virtual machine.
See the Guest Operating System Installation Guide for details.
The wizard does not install the guest operating system for you. The New Virtual Machine wizard uses this
information to select appropriate default values, such as the amount of memory needed.
Procedure
1 Select one of the following operating system families:
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Microsoft Windows
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Linux
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Novell NetWare
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Solaris
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Other
2 If you select Other, enter a display name for your operating system.
Select the Number of Virtual Processors
VMware Virtual SMP™ is required to power on multiprocessor virtual machines. The number of licensed
CPUs on the host and the number of processors supported by the guest operating system limit the number of
virtual processors you can create.
The Virtual CPUs page appears for multiprocessor hosts.
Procedure
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Select the number of processors from the drop-down menu.
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