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Creating a virtual machine

Use Lumen® Edge Private Cloud on VMware Cloud FoundationTM to create a virtual machine. You can create a virtual machine with a custom operating system (OS) configuration or from a template. After creating a virtual machine, you can create a vApp to serve as a container for virtual machines and change the password for a virtual machine.

To create a virtual machine:

  1. Click Data Centers.

    The Lumen Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™ portal shows the Virtual Data Center dashboard.
Virtual Data Center tab.
  1. Click inside the Virtual Data Center summary box.

    The Virtual Machines page appears.
Virtual Machines page.
  1. In the left panel, click Virtual Machines.
  1. Click NEW VM.

    The New VM window appears.
New VM window.
  1. In the New VM window, complete the following fields:
Field Description
Name Type a name for the virtual machine.
Computer Name Type a name for the computer.
Description Type a description of the virtual machine.
Type

Select one of the following options: 

  • New—Create a new virtual machine configuration. This option enables fields in the Operating System, Compute, Storage, and Networking sections.
  • From Template—Create a virtual machine from an existing template. This option enables fields in the Templates and Storage sections.

 
  1. Do the following:
  • If you are creating a new virtual machine, complete the following fields in the New VM window:
Field Description
OS family Select the OS family for the virtual machine.
Operating System Select the OS for the virtual machine.
Boot image Select the boot image for the virtual machine.
Virtual CPUs Select the number of CPUs for the virtual machine.
Cores per socket Select the number of cores per socket. The options available depend on the number of CPUs selected for the virtual machine.
Number of sockets This field shows the number of sockets the virtual machine has available based on the number of CPUs evenly distributed over the cores per socket selected. 
Memory Select the amount of memory for the virtual machine. This amount can be in either megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB).
Use custom storage policy Select this option to use a custom storage policy. Selecting this option enables the Storage Policy field.
Storage Select the Storage Policy and Size for the virtual machine storage. To add more storage disks, click ADD. To delete storage disks, click .
Storage Policy Select the storage policy for the virtual machine.
Networking Select the Network, Network Adapter Type, and IP Mode, and then toggle the Primary NIC (network interface card) option.
  • If you are creating a virtual machine from a template, complete the following fields in the New VM window:
Field Description
Templates Select the template for the virtual machine OS.
Storage Select the Storage Policy for the virtual machine storage. To add more storage disks, click ADD. To delete storage disks, click .

  1. Click OK.

    Lumen Edge Private Cloud on VMware Cloud FoundationTM creates the virtual machine. The virtual machine appears at the top of the list on the Virtual Machines page.