Creating a New Virtual Machine

1. On the Physical Machines page (see The Physical Machines Page), verify that both PMs are in the running state and that neither PM is in maintenance mode or in the process of synchronizing.
2. On the Virtual Machines page (see The Virtual Machines Page), click Create to open the VM Creation Wizard.
3. On the Name, Description, Protection and OS page:
   1. Type the Name and an optional Description for the VM as they will appear in the everRun Availability Console.
   2. Select the level of protection to use for the VM:
      • High Availability (HA) — Provides basic failover and recovery, with some faults requiring an (automatic) VM reboot for recovery. Use HA for applications that can tolerate some downtime and that do not need the downtime protection that FT provides.
      • Fault Tolerant (FT) — Transparently protects an application by creating a redundant environment for a VM running across two physical machines. Use FT for applications that need greater downtime protection than HA provides.

      For more information about these levels of protection, see Modes of Operation.

   3. Select the Boot VCD that contains the operating system you want to install.
   4. Click Next.
4. On the Volumes page:
   1. Type the Name of the boot volume as it will appear in the everRun Availability Console.
   2. Type the Size of the volume to create in gigabytes (GB). (For information about allocating storage, see Planning Virtual Machine Storage.)
   3. Select the Storage Group in which to create the volume.
   4. If applicable, create additional data volumes by clicking Add New Volume. Specify the Name, Size, and Storage Group for each volume. (You can also add volumes after you create the VM by using the Reprovision Virtual Machine wizard, as described in Creating a Volume in a Virtual Machine.)
   5. To continue, click Next.
5. On the Networks page, select the shared networks to assign to the VM. For more information, see Planning Virtual Machine Networks. To continue, click Next.
6. On the vCPUs and Memory page, specify the number of vCPUs and the amount of Memory to assign to the VM. For more information, see Planning Virtual Machine vCPUs and Planning Virtual Machine Memory. To continue, click Next.

7. On the Creation Summary page:

   1. Review the creation summary. If you need to make changes, click Back.
   2. If you want to prevent a console session from automatically starting to observe the software installation, deselect Launch Console.
   3. To accept the VM as provisioned and begin the software installation, click Finish.
8. If applicable, observe the progress of the installation of the operating system and respond to any prompts in the VM console session.
9. After you install the operating system, configure the additional resources and software necessary for production use, as described in:
•  Configuring Windows-based Virtual Machines
• Configuring Linux-based Virtual Machines

The VM may not reboot if installations of any of the following are aborted:

• The guest operating system, including the configuration steps
• Any middleware or applications that manipulate system files

Related Topics

Renaming a Virtual Machine

Removing a Virtual Machine

Creating and Migrating Virtual Machines

Managing Virtual Machine Resources

Managing the Operation of a Virtual Machine