03 Deploying and Configuring a Virtual Machine

03 Deploying and Configuring a Virtual Machine

Create and prepare a virtual machine for use

After Installing the ESXI we have to log in to the ESXi using a Client or Server. For this Lab, I have used Windows Server 2019.

In the Server, I have installed Firefox or any Web browser that you prefer. Then enter the ESXi Server IP address in the Web browser as shown in the Below Image.

NOTE -: First Please check the Connection between the ESXi server and Server 2019. if it's not working troubleshoot and establish the proper connection

* TRICK-  DO A PING TEST

When you Enter the IP address you will get a WARNING like above Click ADVANCE then Click ACCEPT THE RISK AND CONTINUE

When you Click  ACCEPT THE RISK AND CONTINUE You will land on this page and Enter the User Name (ROOT) and Password that you have used to login to the ESXi server.

Task 1: Create a Virtual Machine

After Logging to the Root Account We have to Create a Virtual Machine  to do that Right Click on the Virtual Machines  Click Create Register VM

Select Create a Virtual Machine 

Click NEXT

Enter the Virtual Machine (Any name That you Prefer) 

Select the Guest OS Family from the List 
(Depends on the OS that you are going to Install Windows, Linux, etc..)

Select Guest OS Version from the List 
For this lab, I'm going to install Windows 10 (86x/32 bit)

Click NEXT

It will select the Storage that select default if you more that one Storage you can select which Storage you are going to use

Click NEXT
 

In this Page, You can Select what are the hardware configuration we are going to allocate for our Virtual Machine (VM)

Eg-: How many CPU
        How many RAM -(GB 4, 6,etc..)

You have to Browse the OS for CD/DVD Drive  

*** Important -: When you are Selecting the OS Keep the Settings as Host Device. Then Browse the OS that you want to install for ESXI CD ROM as the below Image 

*** Important -: Select the ESXi Serve that you are using from the Client and Right Click  Edit Settings in the ESXi server.

*** Important -: Under the ESXi Settings go to the CD/DVD Media in CD/DVD Browse the OS from the TALOS Store then 

Click OK


Go back to the Server and finis the steps of creating VM in
Click NEXT

On the last page, it will give a Summary about the VM that you are going to create.

Click FINISH

After Create the VM successfully you will be able to see the VM in the dashboard Under the name that you have given when you create the VM. To Power on the VM Click  GREEN Clour POWER On Button in the Top MENU.

Task 2: Install a Guest Operating System and Disable Windows Updates

Then to View, the VM machine  Click the CONSOLE button after Powering the VM  form the Console List you can select what you Prefer. For this Lab, I select OPEN BROWSER CONSOLE it will open a New Window with the OS installation Steps, after that its Default Windows Installation steps.

 

 

 

Task 3: Install VMware Tools

When the installation is complete you will be able to see the Windows 10 Machine like this in a  CONSOLE Window.


*** Important -: After installing the OS, Install the VM Tools to get proper compatibility and VGA etc...***

 

 

 

Critical Thinking 

In this lab we will be create g and installing client OS inside the ESXi that we have created in the Previous Lab. In the guide it says to install Windows 7 client. I have Install Windows 10 client machine. For this lab any how we need a Windows Client OS to complete the lab. After Installing the OS, we must install the VM Tools to get the best performance. But I have face one Issue in this lab after installing the VM tools VGA didn’t support well and when I maximize the console window it was half of the screen it won’t come for full screen. Before installing the VM tools it was completely fine. I have removed the client machine and reinstall the client again. This time I didn’t install the VM Tools. This was an issue that I have faced in this lab.