These settings apply to adding or editing new virtual machines.
The Virtual Machine: General settings table details the information required on the General tab of the New or Edit windows.
Table 8.2. Virtual Machine: General Settings
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Field Name
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Description
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Data Center
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The data center to which the virtual machine is attached.
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Host Cluster
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The name of the host cluster to which the virtual machine is attached. It can be hosted on any physical machine in the cluster depending on the policy rules.
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Quota (Server only)
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A policy that limits the virtual machine from using more CPU, memory, or storage resources than are allocated.
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Name
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The name of virtual machine. Names must not contain any spaces, and must contain at least one character from A-Z. The maximum length of a virtual machine name is 15 characters.
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Description
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A meaningful description of the new virtual machine.
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Based on Template
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Templates can be used to create a virtual machines from existing models. This field is set to Blank by default, which enables creating a virtual machine from scratch.
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Memory Size
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The amount of memory assigned to the virtual machine. When allocating memory, consider the processing and storage needs of the applications that are intended to run on the virtual machine.
Maximum guest memory is constrained by the selected guest architecture and the cluster compatibility level.
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Total Virtual CPUs
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The processing power allocated to the virtual machine as CPU Cores. Do not assign more cores to a virtual machine than are present on the physical host.
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Cores per Virtual Socket
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The number of cores assigned to each virtual socket.
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Virtual Sockets
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The number of CPU sockets for the virtual machine. Do not assign more sockets to a virtual machine than are present on the physical host.
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Operating System
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The operating system. Valid values include a range of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows variants.
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Stateless (Desktop only)
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Select this check box if the virtual machine is to run in stateless mode. The stateless mode is used primarily for desktop virtual machines. Running a stateless desktop or server creates a new COW layer on the virtual machine hard disk image where new and changed data is stored. Shutting down the stateless virtual machine deletes the new COW layer, returning the virtual machine to its original state. This type of virtual machine is useful when creating virtual machines that need to be used for a short time, or by temporary staff.
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