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Creating VMware Server 2.0 Virtual Machines

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Adding Additional Hardware and Creating the Virtual Machine
Serial and Parallel ports can be configured such that they reference a physical port on the host, a file on the host file system or, in the case of serial ports, an operating system pipe which may be connected to another application running on the host.
If the virtual machine is to be powered on immediately after the creation process complete, select the ''Power on your new virtual machine now'' option before clicking on the ''Finish'' button.If using this option and installing from a physical CD/DVD device (as opposed to using an ISO image or booting over the network from a remote PXE server), ensure the guest operating installation CD or DVD media is in the correct drive prior to creating the virtual machine. The first task the virtual machine Basic Input Output System (BIOS) will perform after the Power On Self Test (POST) on power up is look for bootable media on any configured CD/DVD drives. Once the ''Finish'' button has been clicked, VMware Server will begin the process of configuring the virtual machine and creating virtual disks. Whilst most of this process is performed very quickly, the creation of the virtual disks can take a considerable amount of time depending on the size of the disks and whether the disks are configured to be ''preallocated'' or ''growable''. As an example, a preallocated disk 950GB in size (the maximum size allowed) may well take several hours to create. == Powering On the New Virtual Machine == If the ''Power on your new virtual machine now'' on the wizard summary screen was selected prior to creation, the new virtual will automatically start up once the virtual machine creation process complete. To start the virtual machine manually, select the new virtual machine from the Inventory panel (where it will be listed using the name provided at the beginning of the configuration process) and select ''Power On'' from the ''Commands'' workspace panel. For status of the the virtual machine start up, refer to the status area at the bottom of the VI Web Access interface. Assuming successful power on, the next step is to access the VMware Remote Console so that the installation of the guest operating system can be monitored and managed, details of which are covered in the next chapter ([[
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