HI GIO provides virtual machine (VM) template sizes and operating systems.
The HI GIO template is a good place to start when you first deploy VMs into the HI GIO. However, you may want to create a template containing specific applications that you can use to deploy VMs quickly.
Assume your VM has already installed OS and VMware tools and is preconfigured.
Prerequisites: VMware Tools must be installed & VM is powered off.
Step 1: On the Virtual Data Center dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore, and from the left panel, select Virtual Machines.
Step 2: Click card view
Step 3: On the card of the virtual machine that you want to start, click DETAILS.
Step 4: To enable\disable Hot-add for CPU\Memory, Click Compute > Edit (CPU section or Memory section)
Step 5: Enable toggle and click Save
VMware has set a maximum value for hot-add memory. By default, this value is 16 times the memory assigned to the virtual machine. ()
If you are running WM with Linux OS having less than 3GB RAM, you can change the memory to only 3GB RAM in total if you need more. You must power off the VM, increase memory to, for example, 4 GB RAM, and power it on again. ().
Step 6: To customize Guest OS, Click Guest OS Customization > EDIT
TIP: Guest OS Customization will help you prepare the logon, change the password, \ Join the Domain (just for Windows) in the first boot after deploying.
Step 7: On Edit Guest Properties
Depends on the guest OS – Linux or Windows. The view of this page has some differences:
The Enable guest customization check box is selected.
Change the SID option (for Windows OS)
Select Allow local administrator password
Step 8: Click Save
Step 1: On the Virtual Data Center dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore, and from the left panel, select Virtual Machines.
Step 2: Click card view
Step 3: On the card of the virtual machine that you want to start, click ACTIONS.
Step 4: Click Create Template
On the Add to Catalog page
Select Auto Generate password or Specify password (if you want to define it yourself).
Join Domain (this session is for Windows OS)
Step 6: Enter the Name of the template
Step 7: Select Customize VM setting and click OK to process
Attention: VM’s state must be powered off.
Attention: vSphere restriction attention: vSphere restriction
The other way to create the template by upload your template to HI GIO
The maximum import size is 50 GB. Large image files or templates might take a long time to upload. For assistance with files larger than 50 GB, request the support team.
