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Chapter 11. Working With Virtual Machines
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2. In the left navigation bar, click Instances.
3. Click Add Instance.
4. Select a zone.
5. Select a template, then follow the steps in the wizard. For more information about how the
templates came to be in this list, see Chapter 13, Working with Templates.
6. Be sure that the hardware you have allows starting the selected service offering.
7. Click Submit and your VM will be created and started.
Note
For security reasons, the internal name of the VM is visible only to the root admin.
11.4.2. Creating a VM from an ISO
Note
(XenServer) Windows VMs running on XenServer require PV drivers, which may be provided
in the template or added after the VM is created. The PV drivers are necessary for essential
management functions such as mounting additional volumes and ISO images, live migration, and
graceful shutdown.
1. Log in to the CloudPlatform UI as an administrator or user.
2. In the left navigation bar, click Instances.
3. Click Add Instance.
4. Select a zone.
5. Select ISO Boot, and follow the steps in the wizard.
6. Click Submit and your VM will be created and started.
7. (Oracle VM only) After ISO installation, the installer reboots into the operating system. Due to a
known issue in OVM, the reboot will place the VM in the Stopped state. In the CloudPlatform UI,
detach the ISO from the VM (so that the VM will not boot from the ISO again), then click the Start
button to restart the VM.
11.4.3. Configuring Usage of Linked Clones on VMware
(For ESX hypervisor in conjunction with vCenter)
VMs can be created as either linked clones or full clones on VMware.
For a full description of clone types, refer to VMware documentation. In summary: A full clone is a
copy of an existing virtual machine which, once created, does not depend in any way on the original