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→Accessing the Create Virtual Machine Wizard
* From the ''Virtual Machine'' menu option select ''Create Virtual Machine''
* With the host selected in the Inventory panel, click on the ''New Create Virtual Machine'' link in the ''Commands'' section of the Summary or ''Virtual Machine'' page of the workspace.
== Creating a New Virtual Machine == When loaded, the initial ''Name and Location'' screen of the wizard will appear as follows:
[[Image:vmware_server_2.0_new_virtual_machine.jpg|The VMware Server 2.0 New Virtual Machine wizard]]
On this screen, the virtual machine should be given a suitably descriptive name such that it will be easily distinguished from other virtual machines running on the host. In addition, the datastore of the virtual machine (where files such as the virtual disk images will be stroed) also needs to be specified. By default a single datastore will have been specified during the VMware Server installation process. To add additional datastores simply click on the ''Add Datastore'' link in the ''Command'' section of the host Summary workspace and configure the desired storage location.
Once the virtual machine has been named and assigned a datastore, click next to configure the guest operating system type as illustrated in the following figure:
[[Image:vmware_server_2.0_guest_os.jpg|Configuring Virtual Machine Guest OS settings]]
[[Image:vmware_server_2.0_vm_cpu_memory.jpg|Configuring Virtual Machine Memory and CPU settings]]
