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Creating a virtual machine

Use Lumen® Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™ to create a virtual machine for your Lumen® Edge Private Cloud service. 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, change the password for a virtual machine, and view metrics for the 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 to view a list of virtual machines for that data center.
Virtual Machines page.
  1. Click NEW VM to create a new virtual machine.
New VM window.
  1. In the New VM window, complete the following fields:

    1. Name—Type a name for the virtual machine.

    2. Computer Name—Type a name for the computer.

    3. Description—Type a description of the virtual machine.

    4. Type—Select one of the following options:

      • New—Create a new virtual machine configuration. This option enables fields in the Operating System, Boot Options, Storage, and Networking sections.

      • From Template—Create a virtual machine from an existing template. This option enables fields in the Templates and Storage sections.
         
    5. Power On—Select to power on the virtual machine after it is provisioned. (If you are using a template to create a new virtual machine, we recommend you deselect the Power On checkbox. Doing this will enable you to set the administrator password in Guest OS Customization before a randomly generated password is created.)
  1. If you are creating a new virtual machine (not from a template), complete the following fields in the New VM window:

    • In the Operating System section, choose your operating system information:

      1. Guest OS family—Select the OS family for the virtual machine.

      2. Guest OS—Select the OS for the virtual machine.

      3. Boot image— Select the boot image for the virtual machine.

         
    • In the Boot Options section choose how you want your virtual machine to boot:

      1. Boot firmware—Select either BIOS or EFI for the virtual machine.

      2. EFI Secure boot—Select to ensure that the virtual machine boots using only software trusted by the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer).

      3. Enter boot setup—Select to have the virtual machine enable access to boot setup through the operating system.

         
    • In the Compute section, choose the computing power for your virtual machine:

      1. CPU—Select the number of CPUs for the virtual machine.

      2. Cores per socket—Select the number of cores per socket. The options available depend on the number of CPUs selected for the virtual machine.

      3. 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.

      4. Memory— Select the amount of memory for the virtual machine. This amount can be in either megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB).

         
    • In the Storage section, choose the storage configuration for the virtual machine. To add more storage disks, click ADD. To delete storage disks, click the icon.

      1. Storage Policy—Select the storage policy for the virtual machine.

      2. Size—Select the storage size for the virtual machine. This amount can be in either megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB).

      3. Use custom storage policy—Select this option to use a custom storage policy. 

      4. Storage Policy—Select the storage policy to apply to the virtual machine. (This option is available if you selected Use custom storage policy.)


    • In the Networking section, choose the network configuration for the virtual machine. To add additional networks, click ADD. To delete a network, click the icon.

      1. Select the Network, Network Adapter Type, and IP Mode, and then toggle the Primary NIC (network interface card) option. If you use the default network-0 network, you must set the IP Mode to Static - IP Pool,
  1. If you are creating a virtual machine from a template, complete the following fields in the New VM window:

    1. Templates—Select the template for the virtual machine OS.

    2. Storage—Select the Storage Policy for the virtual machine storage. To add more storage disks, click ADD. To delete storage disks, click the icon.

    3. NICs—Toggle the Primary NIC (network interface card) option, select the Network, Network Adapter Type, IP Mode, and MAC Address. If you use the default network-0 network, you must set the IP Mode to Static - IP Pool,

  1. Click OK.

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