Start your Client Console by typing in:
%>/usr/bin/vmware-server-console
Follow these steps to create a machine on vmserver2
1. Choose Remote host
2. Host Name is vmserver2
3. The login and password are your credentials.
4. The console should now open and you should see some options in the main area of console such as Create a new virtual machine, Open an existing virtual machine, etc.
5. To create a new virtual machine click on Create a new virtual machine, or Go to File > New > Virtual Machine
Note: To install CentOS-4 on virtual machine, follow instructions on Virtual Machine Setup CentOS-4 page.
6. A wizard pulls up, with an introduction, click Next
7. At the next step choose Typical, click Next
8. Choose the operating system you would like to run on your new virtual machine, Linux for example. On the bottom choose the Version of that operating system you are planning on installing from a dropdown list. Click Next
9. At this point it is a good idea to already have the .iso image of the operating system you would like to run/install downloading. Make sure it is the 32-bit version.
10. Name your virtual machine whatever you like. For location scroll down and select vol2. Click Next
11. Choose Use bridged networking, click Next
12. Make the disk size whatever you'd like, 8.0 GB recommended. Uncheck Allocate all disk space now, if it is checked. Check Split disk into 2 GB files, if it is unchecked. Click Finish
13. Copy the .iso image of your operating system into your home folder.
Note: It's not necessary to copy the iso to your home folder as it may already be available in /groups/lab/iso. If it is not there, you can either copy it to your home dir (your home dirs are accessible from the vmserver2 host) or submit a ticket to request the iso be added to our iso pool. Specifically, if you're looking to install CentOS4, the ISOs to performa a network install are already available in /groups/lab/iso, just use CentOS-4.4-i386-bin1of4.iso and give the linux askmethod command at the boot prompt. The main goal here is to avoid keeping too many copies of the same ISOs laying around and to avoid copying them too much, since they are large and those actions tend to be slow.
14. Your machine has now been created. Now set it up to point to your .iso Image instead of using your computer hardware. Go to Edit virtual machine settings.
15. Choose CD-ROM(IDE 1.0). Instead of Use a physical drive choose USE ISO image. Point it to your .iso image you should now have in your folder by going to home/YOUR FOLDER.
16. You are now ready to run your virtual machine by booting from the ISO image.
